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Design of the Boat![]() ![]() ![]() Reports carried in various area newspapers vividly described the July 30, 1817 launching of the Lady Sherbrooke: as follows. On Wednesday morning, the 30th past the beautiful steamboat, Lady Sherbrooke, belonging to Messrs. John Molson & Sons, was launched from the ship-yard of Hart Logan, esquire. The length of her keel is 134 feet 4 inches, and breadth of beam 34 feet 5 inches. Her magnitude and symmetry of construction is such as to exceed any vessel of the kind that has yet been seen on the waters of the St. Lawrence...The report continued stating that the boat was"to be fitted up principally for the transport of merchandise, but will have a cabin large enough to accommodate ten or twelve passengers, and which can be enlarged if need requires".![]() ![]() So that you may get a fuller appreciation of these parts of the Lady Sherbrooke wherever possible the underwater image has been paired with additional information such as descriptions of the artefacts. |