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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Eppleton Hall
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| The Eppleton Hall is a steel tug built in 1914 in England, and powered by two steam engines. |
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| STATS | | | Length | 100.6 feet | | Beam | 21.1 feet | | Depth | 10.8 feet | | Gross tonnage | 166 | | Engines | 2-sided lever | - The Eppleton Hall was built in 1914 in an English Shipyard
- She is a steam-powered sidewheeler (a paddle wheel on each side of the ship)
- Her two large side lever engines, also called grasshopper engines, operated the paddle wheels independently
- She towed coal barges (colliers) on the River Wear
- A working crew consisted of a skipper, mate, engineer, fireman and an apprentice
- In 1969-70 she made an epic six month journey steaming from England through the Panama Canal to San Francisco
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1914 Tug Eppleton Hall
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Did You Know?
This "Plimsoll Mark" is painted on the port side of Balclutha and named for Samuel Plimsoll, an Englishman who fought to pass the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876. Before this law, many ships were dangerously overloaded and many sank. These “coffin ships” claimed the lives of many sailors.
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Last Updated: February 25, 2008 at 11:48 EST |
