“Ada”

Watercraft

Effect: Conveyance

Type: Steam Launch

Composition: Wood

Place: North America

Size: 25' 0" & 6' 1"

Date: 1986

Builder/Location: Frank Fuegeman, Berlin, Maryland; Consolidated Ship Building, New York, Engine boiler, condenser and auxiliary motor

Donor: Gift of H.W. Anderson

Museum Location: 25

To make Ada, Frank Fuegeman restored an 1889 hull and added the boiler and small engine.

“Ada”, Steam Launch, 1986
Consolidated Ship Building, New York
Engine boiler, condenser and auxiliary motor
built by Frank Fuegeman, Berlin, Maryland
Gift of H.W. Anderson

To make “Ada”, Frank Fuegeman restored an 1889 hull and added the boiler and small engine. The project took 15 years, and “Ada” was launched in the Pocomoke River on September 1, 1986. Fuegeman used the boat on the Pocomoke and on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

 

 

 

Origin: Maryland, USA

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