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| Builder | W. & A. Curtis (Portland, ME) |
| Launched | 13 Feb 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo steamboat |
| Tonnage | 410 |
| Length | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | Sidewheels |
Construction and design
Lady Lang, a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamboat, was ordered in 1863 by Spear, Lang & Delano of Boston to replace their steamer Harvest Moon on the Maine route between Portland and Bangor, after the latter vessel had been chartered by the USQMD for service in the ongoing American Civil War. Lady Lang was the first vessel built by W. & A. Curtis at their newly-established shipyard in Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine. The steamer was launched on Saturday, February 13, 1864, and completed in early May.
Lady Lang was built of white oak and hackmatack with galvanized iron fastenings. She was 167 feet (51 m) in length, with a beam of 27 feet (8.2 m), hold depth of 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) and draft of 5 feet (1.5 m). Her gross register tonnage was 410. She was fitted with 24 staterooms forward and aft of the on-deck saloon, 30 berths in the ladies' cabin on the main deck, and 35 berths in the gentlemen's cabin below, with arrangements for a substantial number of temporary lodgings when required. According to her insurance assessment, she was well equipped for fire prevention. The steamer was powered by a single-cylinder, 250 horsepower (190 kW) vertical beam steam engine with 36-inch (91 cm) bore by 10-foot (3.0 m) stroke, built by the Portland Company of that city.
Service history
Lady Lang made her first trial trip on the afternoon of Saturday, April 30, 1864, with a cruise of about an hour around Portland Harbor. Following the trial, it was deemed necessary to install a blower in order to improve engine performance, a job that delayed the steamer's service debut by a couple of weeks.
Footnotes
References
- "Local and Other Items". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. 1864-05-03. p. 2.
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