Niagara Queen II
The Niagara Queen II is a small icebreaker that Ontario Hydro uses to keep the inlet ports open at their plant on the Niagara River at Niagara Falls. The vessel displaces just 65 tons.[1][2][3][4][5]
specifications
[edit | edit source]| Length | 26.8 metres (88 ft) |
| Breadth | 5.5 metres (18 ft) |
| Depth | 2.9 metres (9.5 ft) |
| Draft | 1.9 metres (6.2 ft) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Displacement | 85 Tonnes |
| Endurance | 7 Days |
| Power | 1,280 kilowatts (1,720 shp) |
| Complement | 6 |
References
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Paul Baswick (August 2011). "OPG Ice Breaker heads to Port Maitland". Dunnville Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
The ship operates some 300 yards above the crest of the falls, keeping OPG's power station water intakes free from large sheets of ice.
- ↑
"Crane to Rescue Of Ice Breaker Caught in Ice Jam". Boston Globe. 1963-01-18. p. 24.
The crane lifted the icebreaker Niagara Queen from its trap in the uper Niagara river and deposited it on a flat-bed truck.
- ↑
"Niagara: Life and death on the river". Niagara Frontier. 1966-04-24. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
In order to rescue the icebreaker and it's crew, a twelve passenger Sikorski helicopter was brought in to drop a lifeline to the stranded boat.
- ↑
D. McMillan (1993). "Design, construction, and operation of Niagara River icebreakers". Marine Technology. p. 101-104. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
Results of maneuvering trials and model tests are given, along with a comparison between hull forms of the two vessels-Ontario Hydro's Niagara Queen II and the William H. Latham, operated by the New York Power Authority
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"Frozen Niagara Falls". CHCH News. 2018-01-05. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
And dealing with all of that ice is a job only an ice breaker can handle. The “Niagara Queen” can be found on the Niagara River, breaking up ice and pushing it over the falls.
- ↑ "Niagara Queen II". STX Marine. Retrieved 2011-09-05.