Pilot Boy (1857)

Photograph

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Steamboat Era Museum

Artists rendering of an event occuring during the Civil War. Picture is not a true likeness of Pilot Boy.: Transfer of released federal prisoners from Pilot Boy to Cossack in Pamlico River near Washington, DC, from Leslie's Weekly, unknown date.
Artists rendering of an event occuring during the Civil War. Picture is not a true likeness of Pilot Boy.

Transfer of released federal prisoners from Pilot Boy to Cossack in Pamlico River near Washington, DC, from Leslie's Weekly, unknown date.

Name/Title

Pilot Boy (1857)

Entry/Object ID

2017.2.019

Description

Year Built: 1857 Year Purchased: 1877 Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company Built At: Wilmington, DE Built For: Captain W. Whilden Official Number: 19980 Length: 161.4 feet Beam: 22.6 feet Depth of Hold: 7.7 feet Gross Tons: 351 gross, 308 net Propulsion: Sidewheel Hull: Iron Route: Excursions to Tolchester Beach, Little Choptank River run in 1888, Washington to Glymont Captains: Captain Whilidin operated her on the Delaware River until the Civil War.Captain Ephraim Chesser Disposition: Abandoned 1908.