Combined train, car and passenger ferry Princess of Vancouver, built for Canadian Pacific Railway Co by Alexander Stephen and Sons for service between Vancouver and Nanaimo; ferry carries 28 box cars on rails or 150 motor cars, and up to 1200 passengers; length bp 388 ft, breadth molded 63 ft; propulsion is by geared diesel engines developing 5600 shp at 200 rpm. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 85 n 20 May 19 1955 p 635-41, folding sheet; Mar Engr and Naval Architect v 78 n 942 May 1955 p 169-74; Brit Motor Ship v 36 n 423 June 1955 p 98-100. Shipbldr and Mar Engine Bldr v 62 n 566 July 1955 p 443-56, 2 folding sheets; Motorship v 40 n 7 July 1955 p 24-6, 39)


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    Title :

    Noteworthy Canadian ferry


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 199 , n 5182


    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Noteworthy Canadian ferry

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1955


    Noteworthy Canadian ferry

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1955


    Noteworthy Canadian ferry

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1955


    Noteworthy Canadian ferry

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1955


    Noteworthy Canadian ferry

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1955