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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, passenger-cargo 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 at the time as a "beautiful little craft".
Service history
Regulator entered service in August 1864, on her originally intended route between Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts. The following February, however, she was purchased by Spear, Lang & Delano of Portland, Maine, to replace their steamer Lady Lang on the Portland to Bangor route, after the latter was chartered to the government for service in the ongoing civil war.
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.
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