Name/Title
Granite City (1890), Later StarlightEntry/Object ID
2017.14.009Description
GRANITE CITY (1890)
Year Built: 1890
Built By:
Built At: Westerly, RI
Built For:
Official Number: 86091
Purchase Price:
Length: 96.3 feet
Beam: 23.4 feet
Depth of Hold: 6.9 feet
Gross Tons: 179 gross, 143 net
Propulsion: Propeller
Hull: Wood
Engine:
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by:
Route: Originally ran out of Stonington, CT and steamed to Florida for excursions in the winter months. Ran excursions out of Trenton, NJ from 1893 to 1896. Began operations out of Norfolk to Old Point Comfort in 1896. Chartered by George Brown in 1906 and later purchased. Ran excursions out of Baltimore to Brown’s Grove.
Captains: Captain Elzey in 1905, Captain Phillips in 1905, Captain Edward Waters in 1914
Previous Name:
Later Name: STARLIGHT in 1906
Comments: Lengthened in 1911 at Spedden Shipbuilding in Baltimore.
Disposition: 1914, November 25, The Daily Banner of Cambridge, MD reported that the steamer Starlight burnt to the waters edge at her pier at Browns Grove, in Rock Creek.