Contributed by Maine Maritime Museum
Description
Photograph of WINIFRED when new in 1898, just built by Bath Iron Works.
She was the first tramp freighter built in the U.S.
Steel hull, propeller, triple-expansion steam engine, 2,456 gross tons, register length 281'. A tramp freighter takes cargoes wherever they need to go rather than operating between two ports.
WINIFRED's first owners were Miller, Bull and Knowlton of New York; she was retired in 1936.
About This Item
- Title: Tramp steamer WINIFRED, 1898
- Creator: J.C. Higgins & Son, Bath, Maine
- Creation Date: 1898
- Subject Date: 1898
- Location: Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 28 cm x 35.5 cm
- Local Code: PC-24, neg. #50180
- Collection: J. C. Higgins & Son Photographs, PC-24
- Object Type: Image
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