The barge India (1855)
1. General
Port of Picton Registry, Number 7 of 1861
| Name: INDIA | Type: Barge |
|---|---|
| Official Number: | |
| Tons (gross): 117.8 | Tons (net): |
| Where Built: Quebec | Port of Registry / Hail: Picton |
| Build Year: 7 October 1861 | Value: |
| Builder’s Name & Date of Certification: Jean Lacombe | |
| Master’s Name: R. McClement | |
| Length: I25 feet & 4/10ths. | Breadth: 19 feet & 8/10ths. |
| Depth of Hold: 6 feet & 1/10th. | Masts: None |
| Stern: Round | Bowsprit: Nil |
| How Built: Carvel | How Rigged: Not |
| Figure-head: None | Decks: One |
| Subscribing owners: Paul Findley McCuaig, a forwarder, sole owner | |
See also the entry for the barge India in our ships Database.
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India Click for enlargement. |
NOTATIONS:
- BROKEN UP & GONE
History:
Mortgaged to Andrew Thompson a Banker of Belleville on March 11th. 1862, for $ 900
Newspaper and other transcriptions
- Daily British Whig (Kingston, ON), 19 Apr 1862 : We have, also, the Bay of Quinte Line, John F. McCuaig, Agent. It consists of the steamers St. Lawrence and Indian, and barge India. The capacity of the steamers is 3400 barrels of flour, and of the barge 9000 bushels of wheat.
References and source notes
(3) Many of the contemporary newspaper cuttings can be found at Maritime History of the Great Lakes, Newspaper Transcriptons