Steamer Emma Giles (1887)

Photograph

Steamboat Era Museum

Full on side view of starboard.

Name/Title

Steamer Emma Giles (1887)

Entry/Object ID

2017.1.004

Description

Year Built: 1887 Built By: William E. Woodall and Company Built At: Baltimore, MD Built For: The Tolchester Company Official Number: 135925 Length: 185 feet Beam: 30 feet Depth of Hold: 7.6 feet Gross Tons: 549 gross, 444 net Propulsion: Sidewheel Hull: Iron Frame with wood planking Engine: 400 hp Passenger Capacity: 1,500 Pruchased by: Route: Miles River, Little Choptank River, Annapolis, West River, Sassafras River, Susquehanna River Disposition: After ending service as a steamer in 1936, she functioned as a barge, then a breakwater. Eventually, she was towed up the Patapsco River and Curtis Creek beyond the Pennington Avenue Bridge and burned to facilitate salvage of metal parts. As of 2005, its stern was still visible and had been spray painted with a sign that says, "Free to good home'.