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Maps Accompanying this Report
Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, dated 18th October, 1854, approved by His Excellency the Governor General, in Council, on the same day.
Instructions for J. B. Jarvis, Esquire, Civil Engineer, on the subject of a Canal between the River St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain.
STATEMENT shewing the Cost of a Survey for a Canal to connect the River St. Lawrence with Lake Champlain.
Report of Edward H. Tracy, Esquire, Civil Engineer.
Report of John B. Jarvis, Esquire, Civil Engineer.
Report of Messrs. Maillefert and Raaslof, Civil Engineers, upon the Examination and Survey of the River St. Lawrence, from Prescott to the head of the Lachine Canal, and certain experimental blasting operations made during the summer of 1854.
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Draught of Water
Names of Boats Light Loaded Tonnage
Propellers Length in feet Breadth in feet and inches Depth in feet and inches Bow Stern Mean Mean Measurement Actual Cost Number of Boilers Kind of Iron Whole amount of steam room above water, in cubic feet Maximum pressure insisde of Boilers, lbs. Per square inch. Effective fire surface in square feet, half flue surface deducted Internal diameter of steam pipes, (inches.) Internal diameter of water pipes, (inches) Diameter of opening of safety valves, (inches) Diameter of plunge of pumps, (inches) Length of stroke of plunge, (inches.) Average number of strokes per minute Length of strokes of engines, in feet and inches Diameter of cylinder, in inches Number of engines. Average number of revolutions per minute Point at which steam is cast off Diameter of main journals. Diameter of screw Pitch of screw Number of blades Length of blades fore and aft Cords of wood per hour. Pounds of coal per hour
Alleghany 178 25 10 10/12 5 1/2 468 32/95 1 5/16 142 75 858 9 2 1/8 4 3/4 2 3/8 42 55 3 1/2 23 7/8 1 55 1/2 9 11 17 5 2 3/4 Boiler constructed after low pressure form.
Bacchus 133 25 9 1/2 4 7 1/2 5 3/4 9 1/2 283
Baltic 225 30 4/12 12 6/12 2 large 1/4 382 60 1915 2/7 2/3 - 1/4 4 3/4 4 13 40 3 26 2 40 3/4 9 1/4 & 12 13 23 4 3 8/12 2000 Similar to Barn Hill
Bay State 138 25 1/2 11 356 $22,500
Brunswick 160 29 12 1/2 10 1/2 512 20/95 530
Bucephalus 169 28 11 6 493 42/95 1 5/16 166 68 1115 6 1/4 2 3/4 5 1/2 2 1/4 42 55 3 1/2 25 1 55 1/2 12 11 1/2 17 6 2 9/12 7/8 Boiler constructed after low pressure form.
Buffalo 202 29 4/12 12 6 1/2 689 21/95 1 5/16 239 68 1383 8 1/4 3 6 2 1/2 48 42 4 32 1 42 5/8 13 15 23 6 2 1 Do
California 169 28 5/12 10 3/12 5 1/2 420 26/95 1 5/16 97 70 714 2/4 - 3/4 2 3 7/8 2/2 34 70 2 10/12 18 2 17 1/2 8 8 11 4 1 9/12 7/8 Do
Cataract 150 25 11 2 1/2 6 1/2 4 1/2 9 1/2 393 440
Delaware 174 24 3/12 10 3/12 416 52/95
Detroit 128 25 9 10/12 293 71/95
Dunkirk 166 26 4/12 13 542 56/95 1 5/16 75 7 1/4 2 1/4 4 2 1/4 42 3 1/2 26 1 1/2 Cylindrical.
Edith 180 26 1/2 12 3 1/2 7 5 1/4 10 1/2 559 550 1 5/16 164 68 953 2/5 - 1/2 2 1/2 5 2 1/4 36 55 3 20 2 55 1/2 8 9 17 1/2 4 2 1/4 3/4 Boiler constructed after low pressure form.
Forest City 180 25 13 5 1/2 515 550
Genesee Chief 140 25 8/12 12 9/12 5 1/2 425 42/95 1 No. 1 330 68 547 6 2/2 - 1/4 5 1/4 2 7/8 & 1 7/8 31 60 2 7/12 26 3/4 1 60 3/4 6 1/4 8 3/12 17 4 1 10/12 7/8 1100 Do
Illinois 180 27 8/12 11 7 1/2 530 55/95 $33,000 1 5/16 185 78 1052 6 3 5 2 1/2 42 58 3 1/2 26 1 58 1/2 12 12 16 5 2 4/12 3/4 Do
Indiana 146 23 10 10/12 349 34/95
International 160 32 9 1/2 473 89/95 $36,000
Iowa 242 31 4/12 13 4/12 4 8 6 11 1/2 981 53/95 720 2 5/16 544 75 2468 12 3 2/5 - 1/2 3 48 53 4 36 1 53 1/2 14 16 17 5 2 7/12 3/4 Do
Jefferson 137 25 1/2 10 7/12 344 63/95 $23,000
May Flower 185 28 12 7/12 5 623 77/95 1 5/16 228 64 832 7 1/4 3 4 3/4 2 3/8 42 65 3 1/2 27 1 65 1/2 11 13 17 5 2 3/4 Do
Milwaukie 200 28 13 4 10 7 10 1/2 616 650 1 No. 1 83 64 1137 7 3/4 3 5 3/4 2 1/2 42 58 3 1/2 28 1 58 1/2 12 13 17 5 2 3/4 Do
Mount Vernon 178 29 4/12 11 8/12 577 77/95
Niagara 175 23 11 6 10 450 450 1 5/16 172 75 575 6 1/4 2 3/4 4 2 1/4 42 56 3 1/2 22 1 56 5/8 9 10 1/2 17 5 1 10/12 7/8 Conical Vertical Boiler
Nile 188 28 1/2 11 3 1/2 8 1/2 6 11 618 700 1 5/16 187 75 1069 1/6 & 1/8 2 3/4 5 1/4 2 1/2 42 56 3 1/2 28 1 56 1/2 12 13 16 1/2 4 1 11/12 7/8 Boiler constructed after low pressure form
Northern Michigan 137 25 1/2 11 359 25/95
Ohio 159 25 9/12 11 3/12 441 66/95
Oregon 144 23 3/12 9 10/12 4 6 312 91/95 1 1/4 80 75 330 1/4 - 1/2 2/2 - 1/4 4 2/2 - 1/2 28 55 2 4/12 16 2 55 1/2 7 7 9 3 1 5/12 3/4 Tubular Boiler without return flues.
Oriental 234 34 13 9 1/2 6 3/4 10 1/2 950 850 $56,000 1 5/16 380 55 1577 9 2/3 - 3/4 6 4 16 41 4 8/12 36 1 41 1/2 13 1/2 or 9 1/2 18 23 6 2 1/2 Cylindrical Dome.
Owega 169 28 2/12 10 4/12 5 1/2 1 No. 3 78 65 1267 2/6 2/2 - 1/2 6 2/2 -3/8 34 65 2 10/12 19 2 65 1/2 8 1/2 9 14 4 2 4/12 1 1000 Boiler constructed after low pressure form
Paugassett 140 22 4/12 9 9/12 5 1/2 1 No. 2 80 68 330 2/4 - 1/4 2/2 - 1/4 4 2/2 - 1/4 28 55 2 4/12 16 2 55 1/2 7 7 9 3 1 1/2 3/4 Tubular Boiler. No return flues.
Plymouth 225 32 4/12 13 3 8 1/2 846 700 2 5/16 94 65 1159 8 2 1/2 6 2 1/2 48 40 4 34 1/4 1 40 1/2 12 16 18 5 3 Barn Hill
Pocahontas 171 24 11/12 10 4/12 4 7 5 1/2 426 420 1 5/16 63 80 767 2/5 - 1/4 2/2 - 1/4 4 1/4 2 1/4 32 65 3 1/2 18 2 65 1/2 8 8 17 1/2 4 2 4/12 7/8 Boiler constructed after low pressure form
Portsmouth 175 28 10 10/12 9 1/2 525 51/95 $32,000
Queen of the Lakes 186 26 11/12 12 2/12 1 3 2 10 1/2 563 53/95 554 1 5/16 95 85 874 7 5/8 2 1/4 4 1/2 2 1/4 48 54 3 1/2 25 3/8 1 54 1/2 10 12 17 5 2 3/4 1000 Barn Hill Patent Boiler
Republic 165 24 11 1/12 4 1/2 9 4/12 460 400
St. Joseph 164 24 12 1/2 5 1/2 9 1/2 465 500 1 5/16 195 70 523 2/4 - 1/2 2/2 - 1/2 3 3/4 2/2 36 58 3 18 2 58 5/8 8 8 17 1/2 4 2 1/4 7/8 1000 Boiler constructed after low pressure form
Saginau 153 26 10 8/12 5 1/2 9 407 420 1 5/16 98 80 651 6 2 1/2 5 1/8 3 35 36 2 11/12 25 1 56 5/8 10 10 1/2 17 5 2 7/8 Do
Sandusky 148 24 10 9/12 9 5/8 370 345
Sciota 155 24 11 3 7 5 10 386 1 No. 1 126 70 687 7 3 4 3/8 2 1/2 39 56 3 3/12 23 3/8 1 56 1/2 9 10 1/2 17 5 2 1/2 Do
Spaulding 152 25 2/12 11 1/2 419 56/95
Sun 191 28 1/2 12 3 7 1/2 10 1/6 629 32/95 620 $38,000 1 5/16 170 77 774 9 3 6 2 42 58 3 1/2 28 1/2 1 58 1/2 11 13 17 1/2 5 3 Cylindrical Dome.
General Taylor 173 25 8/12 10 10/12 462 91/95
Toledo 179 29 2/12 11 10/12
Troy 163 21 10 2/12 358
Westmoreland 202 28 2/12 12 1/2 2 5 3 1/2 666 700 1 5/16 230 80 710 3 2/2 - 1/2 4 1/2 2/2 - 1/4 42 58 3 1/2 28 1 58 5/8 12 1/2 13 19 4 2 3/12 5/6 Conical Vertical Boiler
Young America 138 25 7/12 10 10/12 359 49/95
Forest Queen 162 25 1/2 11 1/2 467 480 1 5/16 160 68 537 6 3/8 2 1/4 4 1/16 2 1/2 42 56 3 1/2 28 1/2 1 56 1/2 10 1/2 12 17 5 2 7/8 Do

 

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