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| Builder | W. & A. Curtis (Portland, ME) |
| Launched | 28 May 1864 |
| Completed | Aug 1864 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo steamboat |
| Tonnage | 430 |
| Length | 153 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | Steam engine |
| Propulsion | Sidewheels |
| Speed | Good |
Construction and design
Regulator, a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamboat, was built for Massachusetts parties at Portland, Maine, in the newly established shipyard of W. & A. Curtis. She was launched on 28 May 1864, and completed the following August.
Regulator was 153 feet (47 m) in length, with a beam of 26 feet (7.9 m), hold depth of 8 feet (2.4 m) and draft of 5 feet (1.5 m). Her tonnage was 430. She was powered by a steam engine of unknown type, built by the Portland Company of that city. The Portland Daily Press described her as a "beautiful little craft".
Service history
Regulator entered service in August 1864, on her intended route between Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Footnotes
- The vast majority of American sidewheel steamboats at this time were powered by walking beam engines, but occasionally other types, such as inclined engines, were used.
References