The Frontenac: A Reappraisal : Table 1: Estimated Cost per Ton of Early Canadian Great Lakes Steamboats

Table 1: Estimated Cost per Ton of Early Canadian Great Lakes Steamboats

Table of Contents

	Title Page
	Author's Note:
	Introduction
	Origins
	Design
	Construction
	Table 1: Estimated Cost per Ton of Early Canadian Great Lakes Steamboats
	Management
	Operation
	Competition and Profitability
	Sale
	Conclusions
	Notes
	Table of Illustrations
	Index

NAME	TOTAL COST	ENGINE H.P.	ENGINE COST	OUTFITTING	TONNAGE	COST/TON
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Frontenac	15000	50	5000	3000	700	10*
Charlotte	3500	[20]	1000	750	150	11.7
Dalhousie	2500	20	1000	750	50	15
Queenston	5000	[50]	2375	750	300	6.3
Canada	5000	45	2138	750	209	10.1
Niagara	6000	50	2375	750	400	7.2
Sources: (1) Niles Weekly Register, 7 Oct 1826 (quoting Canadian Freeman) (2) []=estimate. Kingston Chronicle, 30 Aug. 1822, 4 Aug. 1826. Richardson, p. 16. (3) Frontenac rate includes estimate for delivery costs. The balance are calculated at the rate of £50 per horse power for engines up to 20 h.p. and £47 1/2 per h.p. thereafter being the rates quoted by John Dod Ward in 1822 in Wilson, p. 127. (4) Except for Frontenac this is an estimate for the costs of painting, furnituree, cables and achors, boats etc. (5) Chronicle & Gazette (Kingston), 22 Nov. 1843 (6) The Frontenac is calculated from a known contract price. The rest use the formula: cols. (1- (3+4))/5. NOTE: All figures are in Halifax Currency

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