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The Ste. Claire is a propeller-driven excursion steamer with a riveted steel hull and a wooden superstructure strengthened with steel members. The hull is 190 feet (58 m) long, 50 feet (15 m) wide, and 17.3 feet (5.3 m) in molded depth. She is powered by a triple expansion reciprocating steam engine with Scotch boilers. The main deck overhangs ...
Historic footage of SS Columbia in 1921, bound for Boblo Island (begins at 2:10 on video) Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive: S.S. Columbia Of Bob-Lo Excursion Co., Bob-Lo Island Park Route, Ontario "Columbia (Steamer)". Maritime Heritage of the United States NHL Theme Study Large Vessels. National Park Service
The Island Queen was a series of two American sidewheeler steamboats built in 1896 and 1925 respectively. Both vessels were passenger carriers cruising along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as both an excursion boat and tramp steamer .
August 1883 advertisement in the Vineyard Gazette for excursions of the steamer Monohansett to tour the ruins of Vineyard Haven after the Great Fire of 1883 destroyed virtually the entire village. Monohansett was a sidewheel steamer operating as a ferry serving the island of Martha's Vineyard during the late nineteenth
The SS Islander was a 1519-ton, 240-foot (73 m) steel hull, schooner-rigged twin-screw steamer, built in Scotland in 1888, and owned and operated by the Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company. She was built especially for the Inside Passage to Alaska and was reputedly the most luxurious steamer engaged on that run.
SS Winfield Scott was a sidewheel steamer that transported passengers and cargo between San Francisco, California and Panama in the early 1850s, during the California Gold Rush. After entering a heavy fog off the coast of Southern California on the evening of December 1, 1853, the ship crashed into Middle Anacapa Island. All 450 passengers and ...
Casualty list for the Pennsylvania, including Henry Clemens, second clerk (Daily Missouri Republican, July 18, 1858). Her most heralded crew member was Samuel L. Clemens (later known as Mark Twain) who served as a cub pilot from September 27, 1857 until June 5, 1858, with a two-month break during the repairs from the Vicksburg collision.
Island Flyer was sunk as a result and Alverene was seriously damaged. Camano then sank at the dock. The small launch Arrow was demolished and the steam launches Ranger and Daphne suffered lesser damage. [2] [5] [7] The total damage was valued at $30,000. [7] It turned out that an engine room assistant, known as an oiler had been left in charge ...