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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.
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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]].<ref name=DunnvilleChronicle2011-08/><ref name=BostonGlobe1963/><ref name=NiagaraFrontier/><ref name=inist1993/><ref name=ChChNews2018-01-05/> The vessel displaces just 65 tons.
 
She was manufactureed by [[Hike Metal Products|Hike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited]], of [[Wheatley, Ontario]], Canada, in 1992.<ref name=StxMarine/>
 
==Specifications==
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ specifications<ref name=StxMarine/>
|-
| Length || {{convert|26.8|m|ft}}
|-
| Breadth || {{convert|5.5|m|ft}}
|-
| Depth || {{convert|2.9|m|ft}}
|-
| Draft || {{convert|1.9|m|ft}}
|-
| Speed|| 10 knots
|-
| Displacement || 85 Tonnes
|-
| Endurance || 7 Days
|-
| Power || 1,280 kilowatts
|-
| Complement || 6
|}
 
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=ChChNews2018-01-05>
{{cite news   
| url        = http://www.chch.com/frozen-niagara-falls/
| title      = Frozen Niagara Falls
| work        = [[CHCH News]]
| author      =
| date        = 2018-01-05
| page        =
| location    =
| isbn        =
| language    =
| trans_title =
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180106062723/http://www.chch.com/frozen-niagara-falls/
| archivedate = 2016-01-06
| accessdate  = 2018-10-28
| deadurl    = No
| quote      = 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.
}}
</ref>
 
<ref name=StxMarine>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.stxmarine.net/lib_niagara.html
| title      = Niagara Queen II
| publisher  = [[STX Marine]]
| date        =
| accessdate  = 2011-09-05
| deadurl    = yes
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327154239/http://www.stxmarine.net/lib_niagara.html
| archivedate = 2012-03-27
| quote      =
}} 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327154239/http://www.stxmarine.net/lib_niagara.html mirror]
</ref>
 
<ref name=DunnvilleChronicle2011-08>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.dunnvillechronicle.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3240193
| title      = OPG Ice Breaker heads to Port Maitland
| publisher  = [[Dunnville Chronicle]]
| author      = Paul Baswick
| date        = 2011-08
| accessdate  = 2011-09-05
| url-status  = dead
| archivedate = 2012-03-17
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317181419/http://www.dunnvillechronicle.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3240193&archive=true
| quote      = 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.
}}   
</ref>
 
<ref name=BostonGlobe1963>
{{cite paper
| title      = Crane to Rescue Of Ice Breaker Caught in Ice Jam
| publisher  = [[Boston Globe]]
| date        = 1963-01-18
| page        = 24
| accessdate  = 2011-09-05
| quote      = The crane lifted the icebreaker Niagara Queen from its trap in the uper Niagara river and deposited it on a flat-bed truck.
}}   
</ref>
 
<ref name=NiagaraFrontier>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.niagarafrontier.com/accident.html
| title      = Niagara: Life and death on the river
| publisher  = [[Niagara Frontier]]
| date        = 1966-04-24
| accessdate  = 2011-09-05
| quote      = 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.
}} 
</ref>
 
<ref name=inist1993>
{{cite news
| url        = http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3509598
| title      = Design, construction, and operation of Niagara River icebreakers
| publisher  = [[Marine Technology]]
| author      = D. McMillan
| date        = 1993
| page        = 101-104
| accessdate  = 2011-09-05
| url-status  = dead
| archivedate = 2012-06-06
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120606190624/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3509598
| quote      = 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
}} 
</ref>
}}


== External link ==
== External link ==
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* [http://www.masamarine.com/lib_niagara.html Web page from the firm that constructed the Niagara Queen].
* [http://www.masamarine.com/lib_niagara.html Web page from the firm that constructed the Niagara Queen].


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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.[1][2][3][4][5] The vessel displaces just 65 tons.

She was manufactureed by Hike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited, of Wheatley, Ontario, Canada, in 1992.[6]

Specifications

specifications[6]
Length 26.8 m (87.93 ft)
Breadth 5.5 m (18.04 ft)
Depth 2.9 m (9.51 ft)
Draft 1.9 m (6.23 ft)
Speed 10 knots
Displacement 85 Tonnes
Endurance 7 Days
Power 1,280 kilowatts
Complement 6

References

  1. ↑ Paul Baswick. OPG Ice Breaker heads to Port Maitland, Dunnville Chronicle, 2011-08. Retrieved on 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.”
  2. ↑ (1963-01-18). "Crane to Rescue Of Ice Breaker Caught in Ice Jam". Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2011-09-05.
  3. ↑ Niagara: Life and death on the river, Niagara Frontier, 1966-04-24. Retrieved on 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.”
  4. ↑ D. McMillan. Design, construction, and operation of Niagara River icebreakers, Marine Technology, 1993, p. 101-104. Retrieved on 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”
  5. ↑ Frozen Niagara Falls, CHCH News, 2018-01-05. Retrieved on 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.”
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Niagara Queen II, STX Marine. Retrieved on 2011-09-05. mirror

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