O. E. Lewis (1895)
Year Built: 1895
Built By: Author Story
Built At: Essex, Mass
Built For: Boston & Winthrop Steamboat Company
Official Number: 155271
Purchase Price:
Length: 101 feet
Beam: 20 feet
Depth of Hold: 5 feet
Tons: 162 Gross, 135 Net
Propulsion: Twin Screws of 56 inches diameter
Hull: Wood
Engine: Two expansion engines with cylinders of 10, 14 and 20 inches.
Passenger Capacity: 800
Purchased by: Rock and Stoney Creek Steamboat Company in 1903, Ocean Navigation Company of Norfolk in 1907
Route: Baltimore to Rock Creek, Norfolk to 1907 Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk to North Carolina ports
Captains: Captain David Gardner in 1895
Previous Name:
Later Name: Rock Creek in 1903, General Lee in 1907
Comments:
1903, 30 November. The Baltimore Sun reported that steamer Rock Creek was lengthened by 20 feet by E. J. Tull and will take her place on the Rock Creek route.
Disposition: Burned in 1910
