Engine from the steamship Lucius Newberry
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The engine and boiler were salvaged from the Lucius Newberry which sank in Lake Geneva due to fire in 1891.The Lucius Newberry was used in excursion and passenger service on Lake Geneva and Lake Fontana. It had a 125 horsepower horizontal incline steam engine which drove two side paddlewheels. Parts are nearly complete. Mueasures approximately 30 feet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0504.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0504
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0504.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steamship
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 ft; 9.144 m