Английская Википедия:Conestoga (ship)
Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristics
Conestoga was an iron-clad wooden steam freighter constructed in 1878. In 1922, Conestoga caught fire at Cardinal, Ontario and sank.
Description
Conestoga was Шаблон:Convert long with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draft of Шаблон:Convert. Conestoga had a Шаблон:Convert hold.[1]
Construction and career
The freighter was built in Cleveland, Ohio by Quale & Son for the Anchor Line of Erie, Pennsylvania. The vessel was launched on July 6, 1878. On May 22, 1922, while awaiting passage through the Galop Canal Lock 28 (Old Galop Canal), a fire started in ConestogaШаблон:'s engine room. The ship was flushed away from the lock and drifted downstream, where it burned to its waterline and sank. There was no loss of life and its cargo of 30,000 bushels of wheat was salvaged.
Conestoga is now a popular wreck dive where it sank in the Saint Lawrence River south of Cardinal, Ontario.[2] It rests at a depth of Шаблон:Convert and is about Шаблон:Convert from shore. The upper portion of the steeple engine protrudes above the river, marking the site.
References
External links
- The Conestoga article (with pictures) on WikiScuba
- Conestoga diving information from Geodiving Шаблон:Webarchive
- Archive of Conestoga papers
- Conestoga photos and information (French article) on Submersion-Images
Шаблон:Coord Шаблон:1922 shipwrecks
- Английская Википедия
- Maritime incidents in 1922
- Ship fires
- Shipwrecks of the Saint Lawrence River
- Steamships of the United States
- Cargo ships of the United States
- Grain ships
- 1878 ships
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
