''Nellie Bly'' was a steam-powered

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that served a number of roles in

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. She was operated in Toronto, performing regular harbour duties, and also serving as a fireboat. She played a role in fighting an important fire in 1906. Later she was owned by a series of timber companies, that used her to tow logs and scows of logging byproducts on the Magnetawan River and its tributaries. She ran aground and was holed on a rock on Duck Lake, but was quickly repaired. The ''Nellie Bly'' was long, and her single cylinder steam engine propelled her with a propeller.

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