Chesapeake (1884)

Photograph

Steamboat Era Museum

Photograph of a postcard with a shot of the stern.

Name/Title

Chesapeake (1884)

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.004

Description

CHESAPEAKE (1884) Year Built: 1884 Built By: R. W. Waite & Company Built At: Baltimore, MD Built For: Wheeler Transportation Company Official Number: 126247 Purchase Price: Length: 140.0 feet Beam: 25.0 feet Depth of Hold: 8.0 feet Gross Tons: 316 gross, 262 net Propulsion: Propeller 8 feet in diameter Hull: Wood Engine: 28 inches diameter pistons and 26 inches stroke Purchased by: Sold on 7 April 1901 to Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company. Sold to Charles A. Jording on 1 May 1916 and then to Bethlehem Steel Company on 13 September 1916. Route: Baltimore to Choptank River Captains: Captain Todd in 1884, Captain Augustine Branford in 1903 Disposition: Used as a barracks in WW I, Abandoned after WW I.