Name/Title
Wauketa (1909)Entry/Object ID
2017.7.008Description
Year Built: 1909
Built By:
Built At: Toledo, OH
Built For:
Official Number: 206077
Purchase Price:
Length: 175.0 feet
Beam: 38.4 feet
Depth of Hold: 14.5
Gross Tons: 543 gross, 267 net
Propulsion: Propeller
Hull:
Engine: 900 hp
Passenger Capacity: 1,030
Purchased by: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company in July 1944 to serve as a relief boat for VIRGINIA (1901).
Route: Norfolk to Newport News
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Comments: Originally a Great Lakes steamer. Made the last sailing of a C&O passenger steamer between Newport News and Norfolk on June 4, 1950. The operation was taken over the next day by a contract bus service.
Disposition: Taken out of service in 1950 and its route replaced by buses.
