Name/Title
Steamer Louise (1864)Entry/Object ID
2012.1.003Description
Year Built: 1864
Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
Built At: Wilmington, DE
Built For: Morgan Line
Official Number: 15347
Length: 231.7 feet
Beam: 33.0 feet
Depth of Hold: 8.8 feet
Tons: 1,023 gross, 729 net
Propulsion: Sidewheel
Hull: Iron
Cost: $200,000
Purchased by: Bought by the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat Company in 1874. Bought by the Tolchester Company in 1885 and used for excursions from Baltimore to Tolchester Beach. Sold in 1925 to Boston, New York & Southern Steamship Company and renamed Express.
Route: Baltimore to West Point 1874-1885, Baltimore to Tolchester Beach after 1885
Captains: Captain A. C. Nickle in 1874, Captain John H. Truitt in 1890.
Later Name: Express
Comments: 1885, 5 May; The Baltimore Sun reported that the Edison Electric Light Company made a contract with the Tolchester Steamboat Company for lighting the steamer Louise with incandescent lights.
Disposition: Sank in 1933 while being operated as a night club.Made/Created
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