Name/Title
Middlesex (1902)Entry/Object ID
2017.2.008Description
Year Built: 1902
Built By: Neafie & Levy
Built At: Philadelphia, PA
Built For: Weems Line
Official Number: 93331
Length: 201.0 feet
Beam: 36.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 11.5 feet
Gross Tons: 1,197 gross, 754 net
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Steel
Engine: Compound engine and two scotch boilers making 500 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 subsidiary 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 Sold during bankruptcy proceedings to the Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Company in 1924.
Sold to Boston and converted to excursion boat PLYMOUTH.
Sold to New York and renamed MANHATTEN.
Route: Baltimore to Rappahannock
Captains: Captain Gresham in 1917
Later Name: PLYMOUTH in 1930, MANHATTEN in 1937
Disposition: Burned at Staten Island in 1939.
