Endeavor (1896)

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Steamboat Era Museum

Starboard profile.

Name/Title

Endeavor (1896)

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.017

Description

ENDEAVOR (1896) Year Built: 1896 Year Purchased: 1899 Built By: Hillman Ship & Engine Building Built At: Philadelphia, PA Built For: Denny Brothers, Camden NJ Official Number: 136531 Purchase Price: Length: 156.0 feet Beam: 23.2 feet Depth of Hold: 7.4 feet Gross Tons: 315 gross, 244 net Propulsion: Propeller Hull: Steel Engine: Passenger Capacity: 700 Purchased by: Queen Anne Ferry and Equipment Company in 1898. Route: Baltimore to Queenstown Captains: Captain Larrimore in 1900. Previous Name: Later Name: Comments: Bought to supplement for QUEEN ANNE in cold weather when there was ice on the Chester River. Was included in the purchase of the Queen Anne Ferry and Equipment Company, the Queen Anne's Railroad Company, the Chester River Steamboat Company and the Weems Steamboat Company by the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway on October 10, 1904. Sold to Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Company in 1915. Disposition: Sold out of Chesapeake Bay service in 1916 for $8,000. Burnt in 1924 at Humprey’s Shipyard in Weems, VA.