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Antique C.1881 Steamship \"Joppa\" Cabinet Card Albumen Photo Chesapeake Bay For Sale
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Antique C.1881 Steamship \"Joppa\" Cabinet Card Albumen Photo Chesapeake Bay:
$49.99
Antique C.1881 Steamship \"Joppa\" Cabinet Card Albumen Photo Chesapeake Bay. No photographers imprint, sepia toned, some fading and soiling, edge and corner wear to the card. back blank. It measures 4 7/8\" x 3 7/8\". A nice find.
Joppa’s HistoryJoppaandAvalonwere the two most notable steamboats that ran between Baltimore and Denton on the Choptank River from the 1880s until 1921.As early as the 1860s, the Individual Enterprise Line was serving Denton with its side-wheeler,Highland Light. The company became the Maryland Steamboat Company in 1868 and replaced theHighland Lightwith the newEnoch Prattfor the Choptank run in 1878.
Between 1881 and 1885, Maryland Steamboat Company built three sister ships –Ida, Avalon,andJoppa. IdaandJoppaoperated on the Choptank. While filling in on a different run,Joppacollided with the yachtGleamin the Chesapeake in 1888 and sank the yacht with her owner aboard. Joppawas not seriously damaged and continued to operate. Avalonburned at Freeport, Virginia, in 1887. A newAvalonwas built in 1888. Maryland Steamboat Company and several others were bought and consolidated into the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railway Company (BC&A) in 1894. BC&A assignedbothJoppaandAvalon to the Choptank River route. By 1912,JoppaandAvalonwere still two of the fastest steamers serving the Eastern Shore. In that year, however, the BC&A replaced them on the Choptank River run with the steamersTalbotandDorchester. These vessels were too large to pass throughDover Bridgeand ran up the Choptank only as far asWindy Hill. Steamboat Disappearing from the Choptank As passenger and freight business declined after 1917, the olderJoppawas returned to the Choptank route. By 1919,Joppawas still visiting Denton three times a week.Avalonwas running up the Nanticoke river three times a week. Joppawas again removed from the Choptank route in 1921 and reassigned to the Wicomico River. Steamboat service once again ran only to Windy Hill. TheWicomico route was also abandoned in 1929. Two years later, the BC&A went bankrupt. Joppa’sFate Joppawas purchased by Alwynn Wootten of Salisbury for the Victor Lynn Transportation Line in 1930 for $1,500. In 1934 she was rebuilt as a diesel freighter and rechristened theCity of Salisbury. As a freighter, she resumed her career of service to Baltimore and other commercial centers for a few more years. Victor Lynn Transportation Company went bankrupt in 1939.City of Salisburywas sold on December31, 1941, to the U. S. Navigation Company, a New York Corporation, for $120,000. In 1945 she was sold to the United States Navy. She was renamed theUSS Colonel Henry R. Caseyin 1947 and used as a mine layer. Sometime before 1955, she was sold to Mexican interests.
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