Name/Title
Virginia (1879)Entry/Object ID
2017.4.003Description
Year Built: 1879
Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
Built At: Wilmington, DE
Built For: Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Official Number: 25955
Length: 251.0 feet
Beam: 34.7 feet
Depth of Hold: 7.9 feet
Gross Tons: 990 gross, 665 net
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Iron
Engine: 800 hp
Purchased by: Sold in 1901 to the Cape May and New Jersey Coast Steamship Company
Route: Used on the James River Line starting 1896.
Later Name: Tadousac
Comments: Last paddlewheel boat built by the Baltimore Steam Packet Company. After passing through several hands, she went to join her sister, the CAROLINA, in Canada waters. On the evening of 29 July 1890 she was in a collision with the steamer LOUISE off Fort Carroll, with the loss of thirteen lives. Picture in reference (16), p. 80 may be this VIRGINIA in the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal.