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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Eppleton Hall
 
Eppleton Hall at Hyde Street Pier.
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The Eppleton Hall is a steel tug built in 1914 in England, and powered by two steam engines.
 

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
 
The Eppleton Hall.
1914 Tug Eppleton Hall
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The CA Thayer, a lumber schooner, built in 1895 in Northern California.  

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Once, hundreds of sailing schooners carried lumber to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and the California Redwood Coast. Built in 1895, C.A. Thayer, once part of that mighty Pacific Coast fleet, survives at San Francisco Maritime NHP.
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Last Updated: February 25, 2008 at 11:48 EST