Name/Title
Helen (1871)Entry/Object ID
2017.14.002Description
HELEN (1871)
Year Built: 1871
Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
Built At: Wilmington, DE
Built For: Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
Hull Number: 130
Official Number: 95094
Purchase Price:
Length: 150.0 feet
Beam: 26.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 7.3 feet
Gross Tons: 550
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Iron
Engine: 283 hp
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by: Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company was incorporated in 1894 and acquired the Eastern Shore Steamboat Company later that year.
Route: Ran to Crisfield, Pocomoke and Occahannock Rivers.
Disposition: Junked in 1915.