Easton (1896)

Photograph

Steamboat Era Museum

Profile drawing of starboard when part of the Wheeler Line.

Name/Title

Easton (1896)

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.015

Description

EASTON (1896) Year Built: 1896 Built By: Charles Reeder & Sons Built At: Baltimore, MD Built For: Wheeler Transportation Company Official Number: 136568 Length: 154.0 feet Beam: 30.0 feet Depth of Hold: 9.7 feet Gross Tons: 460 gross, 313 net Propulsion: Propeller Hull: Iron Frame with Steel Plating Engine: Compound Engine with pistons of 20 and 38 inches diameter and a stroke of 25 inches making 650 hp. Passenger Capacity: 150 Purchased by: Offered for private sale in 1901 after the death of Captain Wheeler and sold, along with steamers Chesapeake and Minnie Wheeler, to Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad Company for $80,000. Sold to the H. W. Williams Transportation Line of South Haven Michigan May 1901 for service on Lake Michigan between South Haven and Chicago. Route: Choptank River, Tred Avon River Captains: Captain Perry in 1896 Later Name: Apache in 1917, La Sahel in 1926 Disposition: Scrapped 1938.