Enoch Pratt (1878)

Port, three quarter shot.

Port, three quarter shot.

Name/Title

Enoch Pratt (1878)

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.016

Description

ENOCH PRATT (1878) Year Built: 1878 Built By: Columbian Iron Works Built At: Fells Point, MD Built For: Maryland Steamboat Company Official Number: 135371 Length: 155.0 feet Beam: 30.0 feet Depth of Hold: 8.3 feet Gross Tons: 571 gross, 365 net Propulsion: Sidewheel Hull: Iron Engine: Maister & Reaney Passenger Capacity: Route: Great Wicomico, Piankatank, Choptank, Salisbury Captains: Captain Leonard in 1879 Comments: Collided with GEORGIANA off Cambridge in the Choptank River on 19 July 1879. The Captain's license was revoked. Collided with and sank pungy ELLA LAWSON in 1892; slight damage to steamboat. Included in the sale of the company to the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company on 20 October 1894. Chartered to Baltimore Steam Packet Company in 1896. Disposition: Dismantled