S.S. CASCA

Built:  1898 in Victoria by Esquimalt Marine Railway Co.casca_1.gif (24 kB)
Registration #:  103919

Hull length:  140.0 feet  (exclusive of sternwheel)
Hull width:  30.5 feet
Hull depth:  5.0 feet
Gross weight:  589.73 tons  
Registered weight:  363.74 tons 

Engines:  1898 Albion Iron Works, two horizontal high pressure cylinders 16" wide x 72" long, rated at 17 NHP

CASCA on the Skeena River
Image Courtesy of BC Archives - Detail of Call #A-00622

Built for the Casca Trading & Transportation Co. Ltd., the owners wanted to try the CASCA on the Skeena.  In 1901, she took one full load of freight up to Hazelton.  She was well-suited for work on the Skeena, but she had arrived late in the season and as freight was not plentiful at that time, she headed back to Victoria.  The CASCA never returned to the Skeena River.

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CASCA on the Skeena River
Image Courtesy of BC Archives - Detail of Call #B-04216

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