Name/Title
Caroline, Originally Emma Reis (1900)Entry/Object ID
2017.1.002Description
Emma Reis (1900)
Year Built: 1900
Built By: Vinyard Shipbuilding
Built At: Milford, DE
Built For: Vinyard Brothers
Official Number: 157528 enrolled as Delaware, 136822 reenrolled as Emma Reis,
Purchase Price:
Length: 114.6 feet
Beam: 21.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 6.0 feet
Gross Tons: 187 gross, 102 net
Propulsion: Twin propellers
Hull: Wood
Engine:
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by: Weems Steamboat Company in 1903 for $17,905, Wilmington, DE in 1910, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad Company (MD&V) in 1903, Dover and Philadelphia Navigation Company in 1911
Route: Upper Rappahannock feeder to Baltimore steamers in Tappahannock.
Captains: Captain James Sipple
Previous Name: Delaware
Later Name: Caroline in 1903, City of Milford in 1911
Comments:
Note; Although Emma Reis is mentioned as a new boat constructed in 1900 she was actually rebuilt from the steamer Delaware which burnt to the water’s edge from a fire that started in the kitchen. The new vessel was redocumented and given a new official number.
1900, 9 August; The Evening Journal of Wilmington, DE reported that the old steamer Delaware, burnt to the water’s edge, has been rebuilt and renamed Emma Reis. Alterations have been so complete and the changes are of such commenable character, that she may virtually be called a new steamer. She now has 12 staterooms, commodius cabins, smoking room, women’s parlor, and a well-situated dining room and culinary department. It is believed that she will be one of the fastest steamers on the Delaware.
1903, 29 March; The Richmond Times Dispatch reported that the Weems Steamboat Company will put their new steamer Caroline on the Rappahannock River to ply between Fredericksburg and Urbanna. The schedule has Caroline leaving Fredericksburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Disposition: Dismantled 23 June 1917.
