Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company company. In 1944, Parsons was one of 19 companies which formed the 'Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association', usually known as Pametrada. The last ship to use a Parsons propulsion system was launched in 1964. The company was absorbed into C. A. Parsons and Company and survives in the Heaton area of Newcastle as part of Siemens, a German industrial conglomerate. Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North East England, on the River Tyne. The company was founded by Charles Algernon Parsons in 1897 with
Cheakamus (steamship) Cheakamus (steamship) Cheakamus was a steamship built in 1913 in North Vancouver, British Columbia. This ship was originally built as the "Cheslakee" in Scotland. After "Cheslakee" capsized in 1913, the hulk was raised, lengthened, and placed back into service as "Cheakamus". "Cheakamus" was named after the Cheakamus River and Cheakamus Canyon which are north of Howe Sound in British Columbia. The original Skwxwu7mesh (Squamish) name is Chiyakmesh or "Chehagamus", meaning "fish trap." In January 1913 the Union Steamship Company's "Cheslakee" capsized at the dock at Van Anda, British Columbia on Texada Island, drowning at least seven people. The hulk was