JOHN SYLVESTER (1866)
Year Built: 1866
Built By: Michael S. Allison
Built At: Jersey City, NJ
Built For: Post Line, later bought by Thomas Clyde
Official Number: 13185
Purchase Price:
Length: 207 feet
Beam: 30 feet
Depth of Hold:
Gross Tons: 496
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Wood
Engine: Walking Beam
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by: George Brown in 1915 to replace his Starlight (Granite City) that burned in 1914.
Route: Norfolk to Richmond 1866 to 1878
Captains: Captain J. A. Post in 1874
Previous Name:
Later Name: Starlight in 1915, Favorite in 1925
Comments: 1871, 23 September; The Richmond Dispatch reported that the steamer John Sylvester will, on and after the 25th of September, leave her wharf at 6:30 A.M. instead of 6 o’clock, as heretofore.
Was capable of running at 18 knots.
Disposition:Abandoned in 1930
