She was dispatched to Japan with a load of salted fish in the hopes of selling her there. authorities barred her from Alaska trade. This Canadian steamer reimbursed her owners several times over for her purchase price in Alaska trade between 1898-1900. She was purchased by Pickford and Black of Halifax and continued in the West Indies trade until sent to Vancouver in 1898 to participate in the lucrative gold rush shipping boom.
"Alpha" was an iron screw steamer built in 1863 by Barclay Curle of Glasgow for the Cunard Line's Halifax West Indies service. When the ropes parted the three steamers drifted down the river rubbing along the dock and setting fire to the warehouses and wharfs on the waterfront." "There was a north-east wind blowing and the fire quickly spread before it, burning all three stern-wheelers. "It is thought that sparks from the 'Gladys' ignited some hay on the Brackman-Ker Wharf and thus started the great fire of New Westminster. This photograph appears in "Paddlewheels on the Frontier." Gladys participated in rescue work in June 1894, when the Fraser River reached a record flood level and isolated settlers were rescued.Īccording to the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce, "On the evening of September 10th, 1898, the 'Gladys' along with the 'Edgar' and the 'Bon Accord' were docked at New Westminster. She is a twin screw tug, rated at 1,600 horsepower.Photograph shows the steamboat "Gladys." This boat, with the "Edgar" and the "Bon Accord," was burned in the fire of 1898. In 2015, she was acquired by the Fox Marine Corporation of Easton, Pennsylvania. Where the tug was renamed as the BF Jersey. In 2013, the tug was acquired by Balico Fox Marine Services of Paramus, New Jersey. In 2009, Buchanan Marine Limited renamed the tug as the Buchanan 16. In 2008, Barker Marine Limited was acquired by Buchanan Marine Limited of New Haven, Connecticut. She was then acquired by Barker Marine Limited of New York, New York.
The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company later renamed the tug as the William F. The tug was later acquired by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois. Pictured as: the Foxy 3 (Fox Marine Services) Photo by: Glenn Raymoīuilt in 1974, by Terrebonne Shipbuilding Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana (hull #3) as the Bronx 6 for the Bronx Towing Line Incorporated of New York, New York.
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