CLIO (1898)

Photograph

Steamboat Era Museum

Two quarter shot of starboard as excursion boat.

Name/Title

CLIO (1898)

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.011

Description

CLIO (1898) Year Built: 1898 Built By: Neafie & Levy Shipbuilding Built At: Philadelphia, PA Built For: F. B. Watkins of Odessa, Delaware Official Number: 127232 Purchase Price: Length: 108.3 feet Beam: 23.0 feet Depth of Hold: 6.6 feet Gross Tons: 217 gross, 136 net Propulsion: Propeller Hull: Iron Engine: Passenger Capacity: Purchased by: Rock Creek Steamboat Company in 1908, Chartered to the Norfolk-Virginia Steamboat Company in 1913 Route: Baltimore to Rock and Stony Creeks, Norfolk to the York River, Norfolk to the Great Wicomico River Comments: 1908, 17 January; The Baltimore Sun reports that the Rock Creek Steamboat Company has purchased the steamer Clio which has been in service between Odessa, DE and Philadelphia. The steamer was brought to the Bay through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and will be converted for excursion service.