ELECTRIC
Date Registered:
[ 1891/06/03 ] Official Number: [ 92449 ] Mills List #1568
second registration 1891.
First Registration
Location: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registration: [ 16/1887 ]Second Registration
Name: [ ELECTRIC ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 4/1891 ] Date Registered: [ 1891/06/03 ] Official Number: [ 92449 ] First Registration: [ NO ]
Original Building Information:
Built By: [ THE POLSON IRON WORKS. TORONTO ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1887 ] Length: [ 53.00 ] Beam: [ 12.00 ] Gross: [ 5.64 ] Net: [ 3.84 ]
Vessel Description:
Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ WOOD ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW ]. 40 x 7 x 4
Began as yacht of J. J. Wright (Manager of Toronto Electric Light Co., hence name) and a remarkable series of rebuildings almost doubled size.
First Engine:
Type of Engine: [ UPRIGHT ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1887 ] Built by: [THE POLSON IRON WORKS. TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ ONE ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
See second Registration
Name: [ ELECTRIC ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 4/1891 ] Date Registered: [ 1891/06/03 ] Official Number: [ 92449 ] First Registration: [ NO ]
Owned by
J. J. Wright, Toronto 1887, 1901;
Gidley Boat Co., Penetanguishene 1917.
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453. Mills List
GYPSY
Mills List
#2243, 68 x 8 x 5, yacht
Owners
Owned by R. Power, Oro Township Ont. 1887;
A. Tait, Orillia 1895;
to D. Burgess, Bala Ont. 1897. Moved to Muskoka as supply boat 1897
Built by
Polson Iron Works, Toronto 1887.
Engine
10 x 10 by builder.
Vessel Description
Yacht.