Currier & Ives Green & White Steamboat Vintage Royal Creamer - Robert E Lee

Description

Currier & Ives Green & White Steamboat Vintage Royal Creamer - Robert E Lee. Condition is "excellent ".
Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi," was a steamboat built in New Albany, Indiana, in 1866 The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and the riverboat cost more than 0,000 to build.[2] It was named for General Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. The steamboat gained its greatest fame for racing and beating the then-current speed record holder, Natchez, in an 1870 steamboat race.[3][4]
Robert E. Lee (1866–1876)
Robert E. Lee (steamboat).jpg
Robert E. Lee, drawing by Samuel Ward Stanton (1870–1912)
History
Owner
Capt. John W. Cannon[1]
Route
Mississippi river
Cost
More than 0,000
Launched
1866, at New Albany, Indiana
In service
1866
Out of service
1876
Fate
Dismantled, equipments moved to the second Robert E Lee (1876–1882)
Status
Dismantled
General characteristics
Type
inland steamboat
Tonnage
1467
Length
285.5 ft (87.02 m)
Beam
46 ft (14.02 m)
Installed power
twin high-pressure steam engines; cylinder bores 40 inches (101.6 cm); stroke 120 inches (304.8 cm); eight iron boilers each 46 feet (14.02 m) long and 27 inches (68.6 cm) diameter, working steam pressure 120 lbs.[1]
Propulsion
sidewheel
Speed
15 Mph
(Wikipedia)