Port Nelson dredge

Port Nelson was a dredger that served from 1914 to 1924 in Manitoba, Canada.

Port Nelson aground following a storm, c. 1925
History
Canada
Name: Port Nelson
Operator: Department of Railways and Canals
Ordered: 1913
Builder: Polson Ironworks, Toronto
Completed: March 1914
Fate: Wrecked during a storm, November 1924
General characteristics
Type: Suction dredger
Tonnage: 1,200 tonnes (1,200 long tons; 1,300 short tons)
Length: 180 feet (55 m)
Beam: 43 feet (13 m)
Draught: 6 feet (1.8 m)
Crew: 35

History
The Port Nelson at work.

In 1913 Canada's Department of Railways and Canals commissioned the Polson Ironworks, in Toronto, Ontario to build a large suction dredger to help construct what was to be the first port on North America's Arctic Ocean coast—to be named the Port Nelson.[1] She was completed in March, 1914, and towed to Hudson's Bay, arriving in September 1914, where she promptly ran aground.[2] A 1924 storm tossed her onto the artificial island she helped create, where her wreck remains today.[3]

She carried a crew of 35, and was 180 feet (55 m) long, had beam of 43 feet (13 m), a draft of 6 feet (1.8 m), and displaced 1200 tonnes.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Port Nelson dredge". Retrieved 2017-01-14. She was thought to be the most powerful dredge in the world when she was towed into Port Nelson in September 1913.
  2. "Dredging harbors on the Hudson's Bay route". Popular Mechanics. 1914. p. 378. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  3. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Port Nelson Bridge and Island (Hudson Bay, Northern Manitoba)". Manitoba history. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-17. The 180-foot harbour dredge Port Nelson lies abandoned on the artificial island, where it was deposited during a storm in late 1924.

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