Ontario (steamboat)
The ''Ontario'' was a steam driven sidewheeler steamboat, launched in 1817, and the first such craft to see active service on the Great Lakes, at Lake Ontario. ''Ontario'' departed Sackets Harbor, New York (state), New York on its maiden voyage sometime in April 1817. Financed by the late Robert Fulton's estate, the ''Ontario'' was built with the hopes that it would fare well commercially, and prove efficient on the often windy and turbulent Great Lakes. Her time on the lake delivering people and goods proved a success, and helped to usher in a new era of maritime commerce. Description The ''Ontario'' was in length, had a Beam (nautical), beam of , an depth of hold with a capacity of 240 tonnage, tons. The ship's chief carpenter was Ashel Roberts. The engine for ''Ontario'' was a low pressure 21 horsepower Marine steam engine#Crosshead (square), crosshead, built in New York City by the Allaire Iron Works, J. P. Allair Works. Her boilers were long and in diameter, with a steam cy ...
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