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NO. 4-1, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES sidebar 1 of 3 – “Manitoba”‘s History
The wooden-hulled, double-decked, sidewheel, passenger and package freight steamer Manitoba was built of oak back in 1871 at the village of Port Robinson, Ontario. Manitoba was 173 feet in length, 25 feet in the beam across the hull but some 45 feet over the guards, and 11 feet in depth. Her tonnage was originally recorded…
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