Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company 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 £500,000 of capital, and specialised in building the steam turbine engines that he had invented for naval use. The first ship to use a Parsons propulsion system was "Turbinia", launched in 1894; the successful demonstration of this vessel led to the creation of the company and the subsequent construction of the engines for the first two turbine-powered destroyers for the Navy, and , launched
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