Cornwall

Cornwall was first named "Kingston" in 1855. She experienced several name and configuration changes in her career from a floating passenger palace in her early days as Kingston to a wrecking tug known as Cornwall. Every name change was a result of a major fire or other accident. As the Kingston, she burned almost to the waterline in 1872 and was rebuilt and renamed Bavarian. She then burned again a year later and was rebuilt and renamed Algerian. She burned again in 1905 and upon that rebuilt she acquired her final name. She worked into late 1920's and then anguished at the dock for almost a decade before being towed to a ship's graveyard and dynamited. Despite the fact that she was scuttled, the paddlewheels survived as did major pieces of the wreck. The most prominent feature of this wreck is of course the paddlewheels. These are of different construction that Comet's - they are smaller and the paddles are set on an angle. The boilers are also a key feature. Lake Ontario , Kingston Amherst graveyard, off the East side of Amherst Island. Cornwall is also known as Kingston.