SS Moyie National Historic Site

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Port side section

Length: 161.7 ft

Breadth: 30.1 ft

Gross Tonnage: 834.18

Depth of Hull: 5.1 ft

Cost (1898): $41,275

Licensed to carry 250 passengers with freight or 400 passengers without freight.

Technical Specifications

Starboard side section
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Upper deck

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Saloon deck

Summary Statistics of the S.S. Moyie
Official Number: 107454
Dimensions: 161.7 x 30.1 x 5.1 (feet and tenths)
Registered Tonnage: 525.94
Gross Tonnage: 834.87
Launch Date: October 22, 1898
Registry Date: November 21, 1898
Entered Service: December 7, 1898

Owner:	Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia Lake & River Service
Builder:	Hull:	Bertram Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario
	Cabins:	Canadian Pacific Railway, Nelson, B.C. (J. Bulger, Master Builder)
Engines:	Builder:	Bertram Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario
	Type:	Two single-cylinder high pressure horizontal, non-condensing, piston valves and piston cut-off valves over main valves
	Dimensions:	16" x 72"; 17.06 nhp; 450 ihp
Boiler:	First (1898-1929)	Bertram Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario
	Second (1929-now)	Vulcan Iron Works, Vancouver, BC
Boiler Specifications:
Length:		23' 7" (7.03 m)
Length w/ smoke box:		27' 1" (8.25 m)
Length of tubes:		14' 0" (4.23 m)
Diameter of tubes:		2 1/2" (6.35 cm)
Number of tubes:		165
Number of stay tubes:		36
Heating surface of boiler:		2,050 sq. ft.
Working pressure:		160 psi. (1103 KPa)
Approx. Maximum Speed:		14 miles per hour (22.5 kph)
Sternwheel Specifications:
Length of wheel bracket:		21' 8"
Width at end of bracket:		19' 5"
Diameter of wheel:		19' 4"
Length of paddle buckets:		17'

Fore section

Aft section

Designed by: DA Fournier
All material copyright Kootenay Lake Historical Society unless otherwise indicated.
Last update: November 14, 2003