Conveyor (sternwheeler)

Conveyor on Fraser River 1913
History
Canada
NameConveyor
Laid down1908 in Victoria for Skeena River
Launched1909 on Skeena River May 12, 1912 on Fraser River
In service1909–1914
ReinstatedRebuilt in 1911 at Tête Jaune Cache for Fraser River
FateRetired in 1914
General characteristics
Length141.7 ft (43.2 m)
Beam34.8 ft (10.6 m)
NotesNo.130885

The Conveyor was one of five sternwheelers built for the use on the Skeena River by Foley, Welch and Stewart for construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The other four were the Operator, the Skeena, the Distributor and the Omineca. Three of these, the Conveyor, the Operator and the Distributor were built at Victoria, British Columbia in 1908 by Alexander Watson Jr.[1]

  1. ^ West, Willis (1949). The BX and the Rush to Fort George. British Columbia Historical Quarterly. p. 185.