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Created: 2019-01-25 8:46:11 AM
Last Edited: 2026-02-11 7:32:56 PM

Niagara (1981/06/28)	Niagara (1981/08/08)	Niagara (1981/08/08)	Niagara (1981/08/08)
Niagara (1982/06/26)	Niagara (1982/06/26)	Niagara (1982/08/29)	Niagara (1982/08/29)
Niagara (1986/02/10)	Niagara (1986/05/17)	Niagara (1990/07/13)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	F.W. Wheeler & Company	Location:	West Bay City, Michigan, USA	Hull #:	121
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1897/05/28	Commissioned:	1897/06/12

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (17", 29" & 48" x 36")	Output:
	Manufacturer:	F.W. Wheeler & Company - United States
Year: 1959	Type:	1 General Motors 12-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	1230 bhp (918 kW) - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Motors Corporation - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dimensions
Year: 1926	Length (oa):	76.05 m (249.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1804
	Length (lbp):	75.6 m (248.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1304
	Beam:	12.86 m (42.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	1890
	Depth:	5.9 m (19.4 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	4.903 m (16.1 ft)
	Change Description:	Shortened to 3rd canal and Seaway sized locks

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
John L. Crosthwaite - Buffalo, New York, USA		1897/06	1903
M.H. Taylor - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA		1903	1907
Rochester Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York, USA - Buffalo, New York,	John J. Boland	1907	1910
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	Boland & Cornelius - USA	1910	1927/02/15
Gravel Products Corporation - Buffalo, NY, USA		1927/02/15	1956
Buffalo Crushed Stone Company - Buffalo, NY, USA		1956	1959
Erie Sand Steamship Company - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA		1959	1985
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada		1985/10	1986

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Niagara	1997

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 130738	Buffalo, New York, United States			1897/06	1959/01
US 130738	Erie, Pennsylvania, United States	WC2218		1959/01	1997

Description

NIAGARA was towed out of Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 28th by the McKeil tug GLENSIDE, and she was tucked away in the Marine Salvage scrapyard at Ramey's Bend.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Erie, Pennsylvania
Arrival at Yard	1997	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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