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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. | 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/> The vessel displaces just 65 tons. | ||
==References== | |||
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<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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 == | ||
Revision as of 04:07, 4 August 2022
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] The vessel displaces just 65 tons.
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