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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?
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 |
