A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO THE NEWS OF THE DAY IN SOUTH DANVERS (PEABODY), MASSACHUSETTS
January 6 – June 29, 1864 - Part VI
Navy - United States
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About South Danvers (Peabody), Massachusetts
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South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864,
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NAVAL – [For the Wizard] “Compass Station, Sandy Hook, May 19th, 1864. The U.S. Steamer Meadota left the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, at 11 A.M. today; passed Castle William at 11:30 A. M.; passed S. W. Spit buoy and came to anchor at Sandy Hook at 1 P.M. making 15 miles in one hour and thirty minutes. The engine and boilers performed their duty with great satisfaction, the engine making 14 revolutions with 21 pounds of steam and closely throttled. The Meadota was built by Capt. Thacker, at Red Hook, and compares favorably with any of the double-enders, built by private contract. The engine and boilers were built at the South Brooklyn Iron Works, by Daniel McLeod – the same establishment that built the Metacomet’s boilers.” Lists the officers of the Meadota. |