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- Victoria_Machinery_Depot abstract "Victoria Machinery Depot Ltd. was a ship builder located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.This was a historic metalworks and shipyard in Victoria, Canada. From the late 1850s on, with the Fraser Canyon and Cariboo Gold Rushes British Columbia (BC) was dependent upon Californian supplies and ships. To prevent United States domination of the British Colony, Governor James Douglas passed laws restricting US shipping. To encourage BC shipping a yard and ironworks was established—the Albion Iron Works was started by Joseph Spratt on May 4, 1863.The name derives from the latin word Alba for white, itself a reference to the white cliffs of Dover or, more often, Scotland. British Columbia was known as New Albion for a time and hence the name of the iron works. The first yard sat on the south bank of Victoria's inner harbour on Bay Street, just before the Bay Street bridge at Point Ellice. The yard turned out boilers, engines, and pipes for early steamers. The hulls were made of wood on slips in the yard. Later the yard turned out ships, like the sternwheeler SS Mount Royal. Albion Iron Works went through several business changes and merged with Victoria Machinery Depot, taking the latter's name in 1888. It did essential war work in both world wars.Later on the yard turned out several BC Ferries vessels. In 1965-1967 it also made the oil drilling platform SEDCO 135-F for exploration by Shell Canada in Hecate Strait. At the time of its construction SEDCO 135-F was the largest semi-submersible platform in the world and was the first platform constructed in British Columbia. The CA$$10 million rig rose 50 metres above the water in the docks at VMD (before submersion). After the 1967 launch and 3 years of exploration off the BC coast it was towed and worked at oil fields in New Zealand, the North Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. On June 3, 1979 the rig was drilling for PEMEX at the Ixtoc I site in the Gulf of Mexico and suffered a blowout that led to one of the largest single source oil spills in history. By June 12 the oil slick measured 180 km by 80 km. The leak was not capped until March 23, 1980 after which an estimated 3.5 million barrels of oil had already spread over the gulf.SEDCO 135-F was one of the last seagoing vessels built by VMD.In business until the 1990s the company turned to pressure vessels and submarines, but the historic firm went under in the business contractions of the decade and was finally shut down in 1994.The yards were one of several contractors to the Royal Canadian Navy for ship repair and maintenance.".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot extinctionYear "1994".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot fate "Dissolved".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot foundingDate "1863-05-04".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot foundingYear "1863".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot industry Energy_industry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot industry Industry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot industry Shipbuilding.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot keyPerson Entrepreneurship.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot locationCity Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot locationCountry Canada.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Ammonia_production.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Boiler.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Manhole_cover.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Naval_ship.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Oil_platform.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot product Wood-burning_stove.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageID "13740683".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageLength "9647".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageOutDegree "69".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageRevisionID "618377239".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Ammonia_production.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink BC_Ferries.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Boiler.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia_Ministry_of_Transportation.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby-class_ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink California.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Cariboo_Gold_Rush.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_based_in_Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_disestablished_in_1994.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_established_in_1863.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Marine_engine_manufacturers.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Shipbuilding_companies_of_Canada.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Steel_companies_of_Canada.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1858–66).
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Energy_industry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Entrepreneurship.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Fraser_Canyon_Gold_Rush.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Gross_tonnage.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Mexico.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Hecate_Strait.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Hudsons_Bay_Company.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Hull_number.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Industry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Ironworks.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Ixtoc_I_oil_spill.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink James_Douglas_(governor).
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink List_of_oil_spills.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink List_of_retired_BC_Ferries_ships.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink MV_Mill_Bay.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink MV_Queen_of_Nanaimo.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink MV_Queen_of_New_Westminster.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink MV_Queen_of_Prince_Rupert.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink MV_Tenaka.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Manhole_cover.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Mount_Royal_(sternwheeler).
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Naval_ship.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Oil_platform.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Pemex.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Powell_River-class_ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Canadian_Navy.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Semi-submersible.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Shell_Canada.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Shipbuilding.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Shipyard.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Sidney-class_ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Steamboats_of_Lake_Okanagan.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Submarine.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Train_ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Transocean.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink V-class_ferry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Victoria_Harbour_(British_Columbia).
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink White_Cliffs_of_Dover.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Wood-burning_stove.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLink Yarrow_Shipbuilders.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Albion Iron Works".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Joseph Spratt's shipyard".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd ".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd.".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victoria Machinery Depot Company Ltd.".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victoria Machinery Depot Ltd.".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victoria Machinery Depot".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot defunct "May 1994".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot fate "Dissolved".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot foundation "1863-05-04".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot founder "Joseph Spratt".
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot industry Energy_industry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot industry Industry.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot industry Shipbuilding.
- Victoria_Machinery_Depot keyPeople "Johann Kriemler (Co-founder)".