Diver1111
09-04-2011, 10:14 PM
Found this steam boat recently in Meredith waters. Hand measured it at about 40’. I would call it a steam launch but could have been a full blown steam boat, roof and all;
Pointed at both ends, just like the 40’ steel hulled vessel off the Weirs, vs. fantail or flat. Wood not metal hull though. Classic 1800’s-era construction. Hull in great shape. Fore and aft topsides still there. Looks like so many to have been scuttled-no machinery but a drive shaft about 20 feet long still there. Looked for a name etc. nothing.
Boat lists to one side exposing entire hull and keel; No holes that I could see. I will photograph it sometime. Not on chart.
Scans make it look like different vessels but of course it's the same steamer. I will try for some better scans another day.
Pointed at both ends, just like the 40’ steel hulled vessel off the Weirs, vs. fantail or flat. Wood not metal hull though. Classic 1800’s-era construction. Hull in great shape. Fore and aft topsides still there. Looks like so many to have been scuttled-no machinery but a drive shaft about 20 feet long still there. Looked for a name etc. nothing.
Boat lists to one side exposing entire hull and keel; No holes that I could see. I will photograph it sometime. Not on chart.
Scans make it look like different vessels but of course it's the same steamer. I will try for some better scans another day.