Steamer Eastern Shore (1883)

Photograph

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Steamboat Era Museum

Full on view of port.

Full on view of port.

Name/Title

Steamer Eastern Shore (1883)

Entry/Object ID

2017.1.012

Description

Year Built: 1883 Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company Built At: Wilmington, DE Built For: Eastern Shore Steamboat Company Official Number: 135672 Purchase Price: Length: 176.0 feet Beam: 36.0 feet Depth of Hold: 10.3 feet Gross Tons: 791 gross, 654 net Propulsion: Sidewheels of 20 foot diameter. Hull: Iron Engine: 38 inch diameter cylinder with a nine foot stroke. Passenger Capacity: Pruchased by: Included in the sale of the company to the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company. The compamy survived into the 1920s. While losing money it gradually became part of the Baltimore and Virginia Railroad, another entity under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Sold to New Castle Terminal Company in 1932. Comments: Converted to diesel 1937. Partially scrapped 1948. Disposition: Burnt April 26, 1949 at Great Bridge, VA.