Built by Halifax Shipyards, for service in Hudson Straits in connection with new Hudson Bay Railway; length, o.a. 277 ft.; breadth, molded 60 ft.; depth, molded to upper deck 31 ft.; gross tonnage 3254 tons, displacement 5034 tons; propelling machinery, supplied by Collingswood Shipyards, consists of two sets of triple-expansion surface-condensing engines having cylinders 27 1/2, 43, and 70 in. diam., with piston stroke of 42 in., which together are capable of developing 6500 i.hp. at speed of 105 r.p.m.
Canadian ice-breaker "N.B. McLean."
Shipbldr. Mar. Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 38 , n 247
1931
4 pages
11 Figs., Partly on supp plates
Article (Journal)
English
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