Committee targets 2004 to bring ship back to Thunder Bay.The committee working to bring the SS Keewatin Keewatin: see Precambrian era. steamship steamship, watercraft propelled by a steam engine or a steam turbine. Early Steam-powered ShipsMarquis Claude de Jouffroy d'Abbans is generally credited with the first experimentally successful application of steam power to navigation; in 1783 his Pyroscaphe ran against the current of the Saone River for 15 min, although the boiler could not generate enough steam for extended operations. back to Thunder Bay by summer 2003 has pushed its target date to 2004. A city councillor with the committee says the initial timeline was .not achievable and committee members are still trying to work out a conditional agreement with the owner of the steamship. Earlier this year, city council budgetted $20,000 towards the initiative, and the committee has spent approximately $2,300 to date. |
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