Conveyor (sternwheeler) instance of paddle steamer
The Conveyor was one of five sternwheelers built for the use on the Skeena River by Foley, Welch and Stewart for construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The other four were the Operator, the Skeena, the Distributor and the Omineca. Three of these, the Conveyor, the Operator and the Distributor were built at Victoria, British Columbia in 1908 by Alexander Watson Jr.Skeena River
The Conveyor began her work on the Skeena River in 1909 under the command of Captain Jack Shannon.  She and the other four Foley, Welch and Stewart sternwheelers had their work cut out for them.  The construction of the railway from Prince Rupert to Hazelton was one of the most difficult sections of track that would ever be laid in North America.  This 186 mile stretch would take nearly four years to build and would employ thousands of workers.
At the end of the season of navigation in 1911, the Conveyor and her sister ship Operator were finished on the Skeena, but would continue to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific from the other end of construction on the upper Fraser River.
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