Steamer Kent (1854)

Photograph

Steamboat Era Museum

Oblique view of bow, port.

Name/Title

Steamer Kent (1854)

Entry/Object ID

2017.2.003

Description

Year Built: 1854 Built By: John S. Brown Built At: Baltimore, MD Built For: Individual Enterprise Company Official Number: 14012 Length: 155.7 feet Beam: 24.8 feet Depth of Hold: 7.6 feet Gross Tons: 266 Propulsion: Sidewheel Hull: Wood Passenger Capacity: Purchased by: Included in the sale of the company to the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company on 20 October 1894. Route: Choptank River, Piankatank River, Wicomico River Comments: In government service during the Civil War. Sunk by GEORGE APPOLD on 6 September 1865; raised and repaired in Baltimore. Became part of the Maryland Steamboat Company when formed from the Individual Enterprise Company. Sunk by pole going up through the bottom on 6 September 1874; raised and repaired in Baltimore. Disposition: Abandoned in 1906.