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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?
See the captain’s quarters on the square-rigged ship Balclutha where Inda-Francis Durkee was born at sea, during a voyage from Calcutta, India, to San Francisco. She was the daughter of Captain and Mrs. Alice Durkee. Alfred Durkee was master of the Balclutha from 1894-1899.
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Last Updated: February 25, 2008 at 11:48 EST |
