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  • Caiman
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    Steamer; House-boat steamer
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Caiman" built in 1891 for P. Loorllard. Length 96'-0" Beam 21'-6" Depth 5'-6" Engine Boiler built by J.W. Sullivan."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Knock-down Steamer under construction
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    Steamer
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    Text from image: "Knock-down Steamer under construction."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Correspondence, S.F. Du Pont to Lammot du Pont, 1862-07-01
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    Correspondence;
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    Admiral Du Pont sending via the steamer Massachusetts, two hundred-pounder rifle bolts (shells) and one forty-pounder recovered at Ft. Pulaskis, fired by sailors from the Wabash. He is sending them to Lammot for safe keeping and so not to alarm his...
  • Civil War Collections
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  • Robert Smalls (1839-1915), Pilot of the "Planter"
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    Slaves; Naval operations; Blockades; Ships; Vessels
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    Tintype of Robert Smalls, who along with sixteen other slaves sailed the Confederate steamer "Planter" out of Charleston Harbor and into the hands of the U.S. Navy's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 13 May 1862. Smalls and his accomplices...
  • Civil War Collections
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  • The Steamer 'Planter' and Her Captor
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    Slavery;
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    Article about Robert Smalls, a slave who captured a Confederate steamer during the Civil War. From Harper's Weekly, 14 June 1862
  • Civil War Collections
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  • Frederick De Barry, Hull 173
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Steamer Frederick De Barry, built in 1880. Length 145'-0" Beam 24'-0" Depth 7'-9" Inclined Engine #581."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Mara
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    Side Wheel Steamer
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    Text from image 115: "Side Wheel Steamer "Mara" built in 1896 for Suzate & Witney, and used on Lake Maracaibo. Length 131'-0" Beam 25'-0" Depth 5'8" Engines 876 & 877 - 11 & 24 x 46"."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Caibarien
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Wood Steamer "Caibarien" built for Cubcas & Sons, Cuba, in 1878. Hull was built at Jackson & Sharpe. The Pusey and Jones Company installed engine #497. Length 130'-0" Beam 22'-0" Depth 8'-2"."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Francia Elena, Hull 122
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    Steamer, stern wheel
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Francia Elena" built in 1875. Length 156'-0" Beam 30'-0" Depth 6'-3" Engines 423 and 424." Engines: 24" diam. 6' stroke.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Grant, Hull 91
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    Steamer, propeller
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Grant" built for U.S. Government in 1871. Length 148'-0" Beam 25'-0" Depth 10'-0" Engine #323." Engine: Inverted direct acting, surface condensing 36" diam. 36" stroke.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Bache (Bache, A.D.)
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    Steamer; propeller
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    Text from image: "U.S. Revenue Cutter "Bache" Length 140 feet Breadth 23' Depth 8'-9". Engine: Inverted direct acting, steeple compound 16" x 25" diam. 24" stroke. Built by Pusey and Jones Co., Wilm. Del. 1871." Coast survey steamer.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Nutrius, Hull 84
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Nutrius" built in 1869 to go to Venezuela. Length 136'-0" Beam 23'-0" Depth 5'-6" Engines 187 and 188." Engines: Inclined 16" diam. 72" stroke
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Florence, Hull 80
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Wood Steamer Florence built in 1867. Length 138'-0" Beam 24'-0" Depth 8'-3" Beam Engine 26" x 108" -#270."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Jurua, Hull 116
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Jurua" built in 1873. Length 150'-0" Beam 26'-0" Depth 7'-6" Engines 404 and 405." Engines: Inclined High Pressure 20" diam., 6' stroke.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Ordnance
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    Steamer
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Ordnance" - propeller type - built in 1904 for U.S. Ordnance Department. Length 120'-0" Beam 26'-0" Depth 13'0" B.&W. Water Tube Boiler -Comp'd Eng #913 - 18"x36"x22"."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • El Uribante
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Side Wheel Steamer "El Uribante". Length 130'-0" Beam 25'-0" Depth 5'-6" Built in 1874. Eng. 16"x 72"."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Tocantins, Hull 135
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Steamer "Tocantins" Built in 1877 for Brazil, Length 146', Beam 17', Depth 7'-9", Hull 135." Built for J. Travassos De Rosa, Brazil.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Arapixy, Hull 130
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Text from image: "Side Wheel Steamer "Arapixy" built for Jose H. De Maronta, Brazil, in 1876. Length 140'-0" Beam 23'-0" Depth 8'-0" Engine 18" x 72"." Engines: surface condensing 18" diam., 42" stroke.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Colfax
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    Side wheel steamer
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    Not built by Pusey and Jones Co. United States Revenue steamer.
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955
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  • Fish Hawk, Hull 153
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    Steamer, twin screw
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    Text from image: "Twin Screw Steamer Fish Hawk, built for U.S. Fish Commission in 1879. Length 146'-6" Beam 27'-0" Depth 10'-9" Twin Engine 22"x27" No. 540."
  • Pusey and Jones Corporation, 1865-1955

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