Menier Consol

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The Menier Consol was a specialized timber carrying vessel.[1] She served as a timber carrier for twenty years, before being converted into a floating drydock in 1983.[2]

In 2013 the television show Orphan Black used the exterior of the vessel for the hideout of of one of the show's villians.

References

  1. "Pulp & Paper Magazine of Canada, Volume 64". National Business Publications. 1963. p. 168. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NK7nAAAAMAAJ&q=Menier+Consol&dq=Menier+Consol&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7XBcU_ftCeiO2wWF-IHwBA&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2014-04-26. "This ship, the M/V Menier Consol, has a length of 302 feet, breadth 49 ft. 6 in. and draft of 15 ft., and is powered by 2 Fairbanks-Morse engines, each developing 1440 h.p. at 720 r.p.m. She has a bulkhead cutting the wide open hold in two but in..." 
  2. Mike Filey (1998-04-01). "Discover & Explore Toronto's Waterfront: A Walker's Jogger's Cyclist's Boater's Guide to Toronto's Lakeside Sites and History". Dundurn Press. p. 107. ISBN 9781554881468. http://books.google.ca/books?id=rzMbdMCPQjwC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=Menier+Consol&source=bl&ots=HqNpa7Fii2&sig=J69VCPrXb1v2jIx-JR0sTKPwdN8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m29cU4_GEsSy2gXXnoAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Menier%20Consol&f=false. Retrieved 2014-04-26. "In 1983 this unique ship, the former Great Lakes pulp carrier Menier Consol, was converted into a floating drydock. Vessels, to a maximum 40 feet (12.2 metres) in width and 200 feet (61 metres) in length, are floated into the drydock, which is full of water. The water is then pumped out, leaving the vessel high and dry."