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Side-Wheeled Paddle Steamers
South East and Gulf of Mexico (USA)
Passenger Paddle Steamers Registered as at 30th June 1900
Registered at New York City NY but operating on the Albermarle Sound, NC
| Martha E Dickerman | 1883 | 91540 |
At Georgetown SC
At Charleston SC
| Planter |
1876 |
150101 |
| Merchant |
1878 |
91402 |
| Eutaw |
1882 |
135603 |
| Pilot Boy |
1885 |
150345 |
At Beaufort SC
| Clifton |
1864 |
127099 |
| Alpha |
1890 |
106775 |
At Savannah GA
| Santee |
1882 |
115829 |
| Louise |
1890 |
141071 |
At Jacksonville FL (although registered to Clyde Lines at New York NY)
| City of Jacksonville | 1882 | 126081 |
At Tampa FL
| Margaret |
1896 |
92729 |
| HB Plant |
1899 |
96477 |
At Mobile AL
| Heroine |
1862 |
11828 |
| Jas A Carney |
1894 |
77134 |
At Galveston TX
Built after 1900
Columbia
1900 127453 at Pensacola
Charles E Cessna
1913
211462 at Pensacola
Side
wheel steamboat built for use at Disneyworld resort, Florida as
transport between the car parks and the Magic Kingdom entrance
They
were later used for cruises around the Seven Seas Lagoon after
higher-capacity motor ships modelled on historical car ferries (eg
Eureka) were introduced from 1972
Southern Seas
1971-1975 (scrapped in 1977) 100 ft
Ports o' Call
1971-1982 (scrapped in 1984) 100 ft
Southern Seas 1977-1997
120 ft
Later arrivals
Apollo (1864) ex- Black Bird, Sea Gull operating at New York City : Sailing on Mobile Bay, Alabama
Bay Queen - Tampa. ex- Clermont, yacht at New York City.
Registered at New York City NY but operating on the Albermarle Sound, NC
| Martha E Dickerman | 1883 | 91540 |
Martha E Dickerman (1883-
91540
Built in 1883 at Norfolk VA
Wood 140 x 22 ft 162 GT
At Georgetown SC
FG Burroughs (1897-
121063
Built in 1897 at Conway SC
Wood 125 x 22 ft 283 GT
At Charleston SC
| Planter |
1876 |
150101 |
| Merchant |
1878 |
91402 |
| Eutaw |
1882 |
135603 |
| Pilot Boy |
1885 |
150345 |
Planter
150101
Built in 1876 at Charleston SC
Wood 155 x 32.8 ft 599 GT
Merchant
091402
Built in 1878 at Wilmington DE
Eutaw
135603
Built in 1882 at Charleston SC
Wood 156 x 29.8 ft 547 GT
Pilot Boy
150345
Built in 1885 at Charleston SC
Wood 134.4 x 25.5 ft 288 GT
Previously sailed with the Weems Line on Chesapeake Bay
At Beaufort SC
| Clifton |
1864 |
127099 |
| Alpha |
1890 |
106775 |
Clifton (1864-1906)
127099
Built in 1864 at Beaufort SC
Wood 142.4 x 42 ft 256 GT
Former US Revenue Cutter Thomas Ewing
Alpha (1890-1901)
106775
Built in 1890 at Matthews Bluff SC
Iron 123.5 x 36.8 ft 354 GT
Removed from register in 1901
At Savannah GA
| Santee |
1882 |
115829 |
| Louise |
1890 |
141071 |
Santee
115829
Built in 1882 at Charleston SC
Wood 153.5 x 31 ft 530 GT
Off the register by 1901
Louise
141071
Built in 1890 at Mount Pleasant SC
Wood 88.5 x 18.5 ft 129 GT
At Jacksonville FL (although registered to Clyde Lines at New York NY)
| City of Jacksonville | 1882 | 126081 |
The
main steamboat service on the St John's River was operated by the Clyde
Line which operated sea going passenger and freight services between
major cities on the eastern seaboard, initially with paddle steamers.
Latterly it was only services into the Florida interior from the
state's main city and transportation hub, Jacksonville, as far as Lake
Monroe which were paddle steamer operated. The company came
under CW Morse's Consolidated Steamship conglomerate in 1907 but on the
company's bankruptcy a year later was bought out and operated under the
Clyde Line name for many years.
Fredk de Bary (1881)
120437
Built at Wilmington DE
Iron 161.6 x 24.2 ft 395 GT
City of Jacksonville (1882)
126081
Built in 1882 at Wilmington DE
Iron 160.5 x 35.2 ft 459 GT
At Lake Buena Vista FL (Walt Disney World)
Side
wheel steamboats built for use at Disneyworld resort, Florida initially as as
transport between the car parks and the Magic Kingdom entrance nd for evening cruises for resort residents after the early evening closure of the Magic Kingdom theme park, but
on the introduction of screw-propelled vessels based on the design of
the San Francisco car ferry Eureka from 1972, they were used for
cruises througout the day and from 1974, to Treasure Island
They were based on the PS Francis Skiddy of 1851 which had served in California
The cruises ran on the Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake
The opening of EPCOT Centre in 1982 with its longer opening hours reduced the demand for the evening cruises. The Southern Seas (II) contnued in service but primarily on charters.
Southern
Seas
1971-1975 (scrapped in 1977) 100 ft Engin built by
Disney engineers in California and sent to Florida in kit form
Ports o' Call
1971-1982 (scrapped in 1984) 100 ft
Southern Seas 1977-1997
120 ft
Above : Southern Seas (1977-1997) in a post card issued by the Walt Disney organisation and purchased at the Walt Disney World Resort by Gordon Stewart
At Miami FL (Registered at St Augustine FL)
Florida East Coast Ship Company
City of Key West (1902-1908)
005020
Built in 1865 at Athens NY
Wood 227.5 x 30.6 ft 939 GT Beam engine 36 x 144 in
ex- City of Richmond used on the James River in Virginia in 1865
From 1866 to 1893 sailed for the Portland, Bangor, Mount Desert & Machias Steamboat Company
Burned during winter lay up in early 1981. Raised and returned to service
In 1893 she sailed out of New London CT
In 1896 she briefly sailed for a private resident of St Augustine before being bought by the Florida East Coast Shipping Company
She sailed between Miami and Key West and was renamed City of Key West
Scrapped in 1909
At Tampa FL
| Margaret |
1896 |
92729 |
| HB Plant |
1899 |
96477 |
Margaret (-1914)
092729
Built in 1896 at Newport News VA
Steel 175 x 26 ft 321 GT
Originally Tlacotalpam sailing in Mexico
Sold for use in Mobile AL. Rammed a dock killed 50 people. Renamed Margaret
Registered
at New Haven CT in 1900 and later at New York but sailed for the Henry
Plant railroad, shippingand hotel empire out of Tampa Bay FL
1914-15 at
Louisville KY as excursion ship for Harry Means and ran for
Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co. Renamed Carmania
1916-1919 Baltimore & Philadelphia SB Co and sailedon the Elk River to Elkton
1920 New York registration
Foundered at Fall River in 1924
HB Plant
096477
Built in 1899 at Jacksonville FL
Steel 125.5 x 21.7 ft 189 GT
Owned
by the Plant Line until 1909 when she was sold along with other vessels
to the Favorite Line. Laid up at tampa and sunk at her mooring in 1924. Later raised and beached
Bay Queen
126866 KLGW
Built in 1892 at Brooklyn NY
Wood 164.9 x 35 ft 298 GT : Beam engine
ex- Chamary ex- yacht Clermont
Sailed at Tampa for Thomas G Sammon
Destroyed in a fire at the dockside, Tampa, 1911
Above : Bay Queen (State Library & Archives of Florida)
At Pensacola FL
Columbia (1901-1911)
127453
Built in 1900 at Pensacola FL
Wood 104.5 x 19.8 ft 156 GT
Used by the WB Wright Lumber Company for their company's purposes but also on excursions
Sunk in a fire in 1911
Charles E Cessna (1913-1915)
211462
Built in 1913 at Santa Rosa FL
Wood 169 x 34.4 Compound Oscillating engine 12 and 24 in x 84 in
Ran three daily return trips from Pensacola FL to Santa Rosa a beach area developed by Charles E Cessna
In 1914 undertook excursion business out of Mobile AL
In 1915 it was running freight services between Pensacola and Freeport FL
Renovated and renamed Julia Belle Swain in 1916 when repossessed by the Swain family (the building consultants)
Ran excursion services on the Illinois River frm Peoria IL
In 1924 the Penn Excursion Company was formed to operate the ship out of Pittsburgh PA
Withdrawn from service after the 1931 season and burned out on 2nd December that year on the Mongahela River
At Mobile AL
| Heroine |
1862 |
11828 |
| Jas A Carney |
1894 |
77134 |
Heroine
011828
Built in 1862 at Glasgow UK
Iron 178 x 19.2 ft 180 GT
Former Blockade Runner
Jas A Carney
077134
Built in 1894 at Mobile AL
Wood 130.4 x 25.2 ft 190 GT
Paddle Steamers brought into service at Mobile after 1900
Louis Dolive (1903-1919)
200779
Built at Wilmington DE in 1861
US Naval vessel and Revenue Cutter USRC Louis McLane ex- Delaware, ex- Virginia Dare
Used for excursion service at Mobile AL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Delaware_(1861)
Pleasure Bay (1905-1923)
150495
Built in 1890 at Upper Nyack NY
Wood 150.8 x 23.5 ft 400 GT
Sailed fof the New York & Long Branch Steamboat Company (The Patten Line) from 1893 to 1904
Moved to Mobile AL in 1905 and operated until 1923 by Captain Dick Carney
Eastern Shore
208895
Built in 1904 at Boston MA
Iron 147.6 x 26 ft 413 GT
ex- Monitor
Operating in 1927 for Fairhope Transportation & Excursion Co at Mobile AL
Apollo (1911-
002578
Built in 1864 at Keyport NJ
Wood 150.8 x 23.6 ft 329 GT
Originally named Black Bird
Sailed as Sea Gull for the John H Starin fleet at New Yotk City until 1909
Moved to Mobile, Alabama and renamed Apollo
Bay Queen (1922-1928)
096338
Built in 1896 at Chelsea MA
Wood 167.6 x 25 ft 471 GT
Hingham of the Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co
Purchased by the Montauk Steamboat Company, renamed Orient and operated from 1902 to 1921.
Subsequently registered at Mobile AL as Bay Queen for the Fairhope Transportation & Excursion Company
At Galveston TX
Lawrence
141369
Built in 1895 at Jacksonville FL
Wood 106 x 33.6 ft 259 GT
At Shieldsboro MS
Cape Charles
126278 KCWF
Built in 1885 at Wilmington DE
Iron 252.5 x 36.1 ft 761 GT
Originally operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad on Long Island Sound until 1897
Operated by the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company from 1898, having taken it over from the East Louisiana Railroad
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