Steamer Mary Washington (1846)

Photograph

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Steamboat Era Museum

Name/Title

Steamer Mary Washington (1846)

Entry/Object ID

2017.2.007

Description

Year Built: 1846 Year Purchased: 1847 Built By: John A. Robb & Company Built At: Baltimore, MD Built For: Maryland and Virginia Steam Packet Company Length: 149.7 feet Beam: 26.0 feet Depth of Hold: 10.4 feet Gross Tons: 422 Propulsion: Sidewheel Hull: Wood Purchased by: Sold at auction upon failure of Baltimore & Rappahannock Steam Packet Company in 1847 to John Glenn, attorney for Maryland & Virginia Steamboat Company. Sold to Mason Weems in 1854. Route: Baltimore to Fredericksburg, Washington to River View Captains: Captain E. S. Randall Comments: Requisitioned for Civil War 1862-1865. Lengthened and altered in 1865. Disposition: Used as a spare boat; abandoned in 1888.