Name/Title
Steamer Louise (1864)Entry/Object ID
2012.1.003Description
Year Built: 1864
Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
Built At: Wilmington, DE
Built For: Morgan Line
Official Number: 15347
Length: 231.7 feet
Beam: 33.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 8.8 feet
Tons: 1,023 gross, 729 net
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Iron
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by: Bought by the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat Company in 1874. Bought by the Tolchester Company in 1885 and used for excursions from Baltimore to Tolchester Beach. Sold in 1925 to Boston, New York & Southern Steamship Company and renamed Express.
Route: Baltimore to West Point
Captains: Captain John H. Truitt in 1890
Later Name: Express
Comments: 1885, 5 May; The Baltimore Sun reported that the Edison Electric Light Company made a contract with the Tolchester Steamboat Company for lighting the steamer Louise with incandescent lights.
Originally operated in the Gulf of Mexico. On the night of 29 July 1890, she collided with VIRGINIA of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company.
Disposition: Sank in 1933 while being operated as a night club.Made/Created
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