freight-vessels

Updated: July 19, 2025

All the sailing vessels now, with the exception of three or four, can pass freely; and three large steam propellers were built in 1844, whose aggregate tonnage amounted to 1,900 tons; they have commenced their regular trips as freight-vessels, for which they were constructed, and have been followed by the almost incredible use of Ericson's propeller.

Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle - Canada and the Canadians: Volume I