Eppleton Hall (1914)
Eppleton Hall is a paddlewheel tugboat built in England in 1914. The only remaining intact example of a Tyne-built paddle tug, and one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs (the other being the former Tees Conservancy Commissioners' vessel, PS John H Amos), she is preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.
Eppleton Hall in San Francisco | |
| History | |
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| Builder | Hepple and Company, South Shields |
| Yard number | 632 |
| Completed | 1914 |
| In service | 1914-1967 |
| Status | Museum ship at San Francisco, California |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | 166 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 100.5 ft (30.6 m) |
| Beam | 21.1 ft (6.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10.8 ft (3.3 m) |
| Installed power | 500 ihp (370 kW) |
| Propulsion | Steam side-lever engines |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Eppleton Hall | |
| Location | Fort Mason, Bld. 201, San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°48′34″N 122°25′19″W |
| Part of | San Francisco Maritime National Historic Site (ID01000281) |
| Added to NRHP | June 27, 1988 |
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