Name/Title
Pennsylvania (1900)Entry/Object ID
2017.2.016Description
Pennsylvania (1900)
Year Built: 1900
Built By: Roach Shipbuilding Company
Built At: Chester, PA
Built For: New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Hull Number: 307
Official Number: 150849
Purchase Price: $250,000
Length: 255 feet
Beam: 40.9 feet
Depth of Hold: 17 feet
Tons: 1350 Gross, Net
Propulsion: Twin screw
Hull: Steel
Engine: Two four-cylinder expansion engines of 18, 29, 33 and 33 inches diameter and 26 inch stroke making 3500 hp. She was orignally built with two funnels but in the 1920s she was rebuilt and one stack was eliminated.
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by:
Route: Cape Charles to Norfolk
Captains: Captain Edward Richardson, First Officer A. Sadler, Purser H. B. Williams and Chief Engineer Jeff Wright on first crew in 1900, Captain George Kirwan in 1930, Captain Ernest Edward Ewell in 1933
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Disposition: Scrapped in 1945
