Delaware (steamer)

Capt. Asbury Insley launched the Delaware, length one hundred and thirty six feet, beam twenty-seven feet, depth of hold five feet, at New Westminister in May, 1889. The Delaware was a handsome steanier, but was not a success financially, and her machinery was removed at Vancouver in 1894. E. W. Wright, Marine business of 1889, Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 365.

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Delaware (steamer)

Capt. Asbury Insley launched the Delaware, length one hundred and thirty-six feet, beam twenty-seven feet, depth of hold five feet, at New Westminster in May. The Delaware was a handsome steamer, but was not a success financially, and her machinery was removed at Vancouver in 1894. E. W. Wright, Finest Steamers in the Northwest Appear on Puget Sound Waters, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961 [This book was written in 1895 and events referred to in this chapter generally took place in 1889., p.365.

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