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Wachonda
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1903-1917 (Creation)
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2.5 cm of textual material.
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Original accession forms indicate that this material was donated to the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives department in 1977, but the donor is unknown.
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Screw (propeller) steamer measuring 230 x 37 x 21 feet, 1,554 tonnage, built in 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland by Russell & Company. There is little information pertaining to this vessel and its voyage history. The file contains a certificate of British Registry, ownership and registration documents, mortgage papers, receipts, a telegraph, as well as correspondence from Customs House Glasgow, Scotland to the Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Canada Steamship Lines Limited, and the Department of Marine and Fisheries.