E.B.Barber built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co yard for Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Co; length oa 574 ft 3 in.; breadth molded 59 ft; depth molded 31 ft; deadweight 11,800 long tons; speed 14 mph; main propulsion unit consists of one set of Inglis-Parsons steam turbine machinery of 3-stage type; unit is capable of developing normal power of 3300 shp at 100 rpm propeller speed when supplied with steam at 430 psi absolute pressure.
Algoma steamships' big new freighter launched
Can Transportation
1953
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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