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Thursday, August 8, 2019

Steamer Robert Fulton (1835)-- Part 2


ORIGINAL OWNER AND LOCATION:  Giddings & Co., Cleveland

OWNERSHIP NOTES:  Builder also noted as Fairbanks, Church; also noted, list of 12 owners, 1835.

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POWER

PROPULSION:  sidewheel

ENGINE TYPE:  High Pressure (Including HPNC)

PROPULSION: 90 hp engine, Slackhouse, Pittsburgh, Pa.  1835 , 3 years old

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DIMENSIONS

LENGTH:  139' 8"

BEAM:  26' 6"

DEPTH:  10' 8"

TONNAGE (OLD STYLE):  368  43/95

--Brock-Perry


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