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TUG IS RAISED FROM BOTTOM OF SHIP CANAL
RIVAL IS SUCCESSFULLY REFLOATED AFTER COFFER DAM BUILT
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 8 December 1931]
The tug Rival which sank in the Welland Canal just north of lock eight about three weeks ago, was raised yesterday afternoon. Temporaty repairs to the damage sustained at the time of the explosion which sank the tug were made while it was submerged. The coffer dam which was constructed entirely around the tug, was built to the whale-streak and came to the level of the water. When this was completed watertight, it was pumped free of water. As the water was pumped from the interior of the dam the whole affair rose until the tug was once more on an even keel. The work of erecting this coffer dam has been going on for over a week under the direction of Percy Bonham, superintendent of the Sin-Mac Steamship Lines from Montreal, owners of the tug.
The tug will be moved either to Montreal for full repairs or into drydock at Port Dalhousie. Final decision has not yet been made.
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