Steamer Essex (1885)

Photograph

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Steamboat Era Museum

Oblique view of bow and starboard.

Oblique view of bow and starboard.

Name/Title

Steamer Essex (1885)

Entry/Object ID

2017.1.015

Description

Year Built: 1885 Built By: Columbian Iron Works Built At: Baltimore, MD Built For: Weems Line Official Number: 135855 Length: 146.9 feet Beam: 27.5 feet Depth of Hold: 9.2 feet Gross Tons: 581 gross, 485 net Propulsion: Propeller Hull: Wood Engine: 200 hp Purchased by: In 1905 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company purchased the Queen Ann Railroad Company, the Chester River Steamboat Company and the Weems Steamboat Company. A new subsiderary of the Railroad was incorporated, the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad Company (MD&V), to manage and operate the acquisition. Included in the transaction were the Weems steamers ST. MARY’S, WESTMORELAND, LANCASTER, POTOMAC, ESSEX, CAROLINE, NORTHUMBERLAND, MIDDLESEX, CALVERT, and ANNE ARUNDEL. Comments: Burned twice; rebuilt and converted to a fishing steamer. Disposition: Foundered in New Jersey 5 June 1923.