Name/Title
Columbia (1877)Entry/Object ID
2017.12.010Description
COLUMBIA (1877)
Year Built: 1877
Built By: John Englis & Son
Built At: Greenpoint, NY
Built For: R. Cornell White’s Rockaway Line
Official Number: 125592
Length: 261.0 feet
Beam: 39.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 12.0 feet
Gross Tons: 1,468 gross, 1,098 net
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Iron
Engine: 50 inch diameter cylinder with 11 foot stroke rated at 811 hp.
Passenger Capacity: 3,500
Purchased by: Purchased by the Bay Ridge Improvement Company from New York interests in 1888. Included in the consolidation of the Maryland, Eastern Shore, and Choptank Steamboat Companies into the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company on 20 October 1894. Sold in 1896 to interests on the Delaware Bay.
Route: Baltimore to Bay Ridge
Captains: Captain Thomas in 1890
Later Name: PRESIDENT in 1915
Comments: Had two stacks.
Disposition: Deleted 1927.
