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| Ruswell / George Kydd
Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Ruswell [C.310459] registered at Owen Sound. Built at Owen Sound 1960. 43'; 21 g.t.. Renamed b] George Kydd. Transport Canada List 2002: Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Transport Canada List 2002: Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Hudson Bay Port Co., Churchill, Manitoba. Feb. 2020: Details for registered vessel GEORGE KYDD (O.N. 310459) Owners
Name HUDSON BAY PORT COMPANY
Address PO BOX 217
City CHURCHILL
Country CANADA
Postal Code R0B 0E0 |
Tug George Kydd wintering on the dock in Churchill MB, December 3, 2004.
source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bouviered/226936245
From the Port of Churchill web site:
The Port of Churchill is Canada's only major northern seaport. It offers access to ocean freight via the Hudson Bay Rail Line to southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Great Plains area of the continent. The Port of Churchill also offers a trade route for exports from these geographic regions to Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic ports and the seaports in northern Russia, especially the port of Murmansk. Tug service is provided by Hudson Bay Port Company. Three tugs are available, HM Wilson at 3,000 hp, Mantaywi Sepe at 1,600 hp, and George Kydd at 600 hp.
(Churchill, in 1930, was a scene of great activity. The Winnipeg contractor - Carter, Halls, Aldinger - was busy completing the construction of the 2.5 million bushel capacity grain elevator that was the port’s greatest facility for its overseas trade. This involved a work force of about 1,500 men. George Kydd was in charge of construction at the port).
The George Kydd is a tugboat operated in Churchill, Manitoba, the only Arctic Ocean port connected to the North America railroad grid. She was built in Owen Sound, in 1960, as the Ruswell. When requests for a tug designed especially for service Churchill was made, an analysis praised the George Kydd's maneuverability, but described her as underpowered for work with large ocean-going vessels. The construction manager who oversaw the construction of the port, in 1931, was named George Kydd. When the port facilities were complete Kydd was appointed the Resident Engineer, by the Department of Railroads and Canals. When the vessel was transferred to Churchill, she was renamed in Kydd's honor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kydd
Photo by Mike Scruton. -54 degrees. Churchill MB.
George Kydd in Churchill. Churchill Manitoba Canada, photo by Keith Levit.
source: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/driftssnowyice.html
The Port of Churchill in Churchill, Manitoba is shown on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Pundits and politicians have pushed for a pipeline to Churchill as a way to get oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan onto ocean tankers bound for international markets.
JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS
source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-shipping-crude-oil-through-manitoba-has-been-floated-and-roundly/#c-image-0
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