Name/Title
Steamer Glen Cove (1854)Entry/Object ID
2017.1.020Description
Year Built: 1854
Built By: Thomas Collyer
Built At: New York, NY
Built For: New York and Glen Covee Steamboat Company
Length: 195.0 feet
Beam: 32.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 8.6 feet
Gross Tons: 504 net
Propulsion: Sidewheels of 28.0 feet diameter
Hull: Wood
Engine: Vertical beam engine with a cylinder 44 inches in diameter and 12 feet stroke.
Purchased by: R. O. Haskins and R. A. Mayo of Richmond, VA in 1857.
Route: Richmond to Norfolk, Excursions out of Richmond
Disposition: Fired on and sunk by Federal Forces on the James River in 1861