User:Gatoclass/SB/John Brooks

John Brooks in 1890
History
Name	John Brooks
Owner	1859–67: Naugatuck Transportation Co. 1867–99: Portland Steam Packet Co.
Operator	1859–61: Naugatuck Transportation Co. 1861–65: US Navy 1865–67: Naugatuck Transportation Co. 1873–99: Portland Steam Packet Co.
Route	1859–61: Bridgeport, CT–New York City 1867?–90s: Portland, ME–Boston
Builder	Samuel Sneden (Greenpoint, NY)
Completed	1859
In service	1859–1890s
Fate	Burned for salvage, Apple Island, Boston, 8 October 1899
General characteristics
Type	Passenger-cargo coastal steamboat
Tonnage	850 (nm)
Length	250 ft (76 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Draft	11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power	56 in x 12 ft vertical beam
Propulsion	Sidewheels
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)

References

refs

• brief account 1950s book -htrust
• carries 1500 troops 1864 -htrust

• to portland line 1867 "new staterooms" -npc captain, new tonnage -npc

• collision with steamer 1870 -npc
• double collision 1884 -htrust multiple -web
• damage at wharf 1887 -npc
• running with tremont 1888 -htrust
• comic incident 1890 -npc
• murder 1891 -npc
• excursions boston & portsmouth steamship 1892 -htrust
• still in service 1893 -npc
• to be sold at auction 1894 -npc
• damaged by fire may 1899 -npc already being dismantled -npc
• dismantled, boilers to sagadahoc -npc
• burned for junk, was excursion steamer -npc