Profile shot of port. Appears to be a photo of a postcard.
Name/Title
Dorchester (1912), Later Robert E. Lee
Entry/Object ID
2012.1.002
Description
Year Built: 1912
Built By: Maryland Steel Company
Built At: Sparrows Point, MD
Built For: Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad Company
Official Number: 210650
Length: 192.0 feet
Beam: 36.2 feet
Depth of Hold: 10.2 feet
Gross Tons: 1,085 gross, 580 net
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Steel
Engine: 1,000 hp
Passenger Capacity:
Route: 1912 - Choptank route, 1920 - Potomac route.
Later Name: ROBERT E. LEE in 1936.
Comments: Her sister ship was Talbot.
Disposition: Scrapped in 1953
