A short history and fleet list of the Canadian Pacific ocean steamships, 1891-1956
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subject: C.P.R. steamships
subject: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
subject: Travel
subject: Tourism
subject: Steamboats
subject: Ocean liners
is part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
creator: Musk, George
creator: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
creator: The World Ship Society
issued: 2018-10-12
created: 1956
description: Pamphlet discussing the history of the Canadian Pacific's steamships. Includes a note to Dr. Chung from G. R. F. Elliott.
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note: mmM:m illll bb;bbv:b.js:bw mwmm A SHORT HISTORY AND FLEET LTST of the Gmaiia4iffadiic OCEAN STEAMSHIPS 1891 - 1956 by George Musk, A.M.Inst.T. Canadian Pacific Railway, London in association with THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY 5 Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3 CONTENTS The Pacific The North Atlantic The Chartered Ships The Beaver Line The Allan Line The Canadian Australasian Line Fleet List Fleet List Index Acknowledgments Page 3 6 9 .. 11 .. 11 .. 12 .. 13 .. 32 .. iiii) In the Fleet List, etc., the details given after the ship's name are the Official Number, the gross tonnage ("g"), the registered dimensions (length x beam x depth), the type of engines, and the speed in knots ("k"). * Ships marked thus were adapted during the 1914-18 war for the carriage of oil in cylindrical tanks. THE PACIFIC The Canadian Pacific Railway Company was incorporated on the 16th February 1881, to build a railway across Canada to link the then separate Provinces and make the Confederation of 1867 a reality. A famous historian said: "The railway found Canada scarcely a geographical expression and made it a nation." When only three years old the Canadian Pacific took to the water and built three vessels1 for use on the Great Lakes and to assist in the construction of the railway. From this small beginning grew the fleets which made the names Empress, Beaver and Princess synonymous with the Canadian Pacific travel system. Before the railway line had spanned the continent the far-sighted pioneers envisaged an ocean link on the Pacific to feed the railway with freight and passengers from the Orient—making practical the dream of a Northwest Passage. Accordingly sailing vessels2 were chartered to bring tea and other commodities from China and Japan. The 800-ton barque W. B. Flint left Yokohama on the 19th June 1886, and reached Port Moody (near Vancouver) on the 26th July, only three weeks after the first train had crossed the continent. The main cargo was tea consigned to cities in Canada, the Unit…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0372726
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: England : The Guardian Press
current location: Box 222
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-222-14
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