Bagotville (tugboat)

For other uses, see Bagotville.
Bagotville assisting the George M. Carl.

The Bagotville is a tugboat built in Quebec in 1964.[1][2] [3]

The Bagotville was one of the tugs that helped install the pipes for Toronto's deep lake water cooling project.[4]

The Bagotville was one of the tugs that attempted to free the lake freighter George M. Carl, when she ran aground off the Humber River, in October 1975.[5]

specifications[2]
built 1964
gross tonnage 65.20 tons
length 18.38 metres (60.3 ft)
beam 5.64 metres (18.5 ft)
draft 2.53 metres (8.3 ft)
speed 10.0 knots
builder Verrault Navigation, Les Mechins, Quebec
owner McNally Construction

References

  1. ↑ "Lifting of the 100 ton Tugboat "Bagotville"". Unirope. 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  2. 1 2 "BAGOTVILLE (O.N. 322312)". Transport Canada. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  3. ↑ "The Bagotville". Saugeen Times. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Enwave Cooling Water Intake Pipe" (PDF). McNally Corporation. 2003. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Tugs Lac Como, William Rest, G.W. Rogers and Bagotville tried to free George M. Carl". Maritime history of the Great Lakes. 1975-12-27. Retrieved 2012-01-02. mirror


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