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Neptune (1837 steamboat)

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Neptune (1837 steamboat)
History
NameNew York
OwnerCharles Morgan (1837);[1] James Pennoyer, (1838)[2]
OperatorCaptain J. T. Wright, Captain John D. Phillips
Port of registryNew York City, number 340
RouteNew York and Charleston; New Orleans and Galveston
Completed1837
General characteristics
Tonnage745
Installed powerSteam engine, wind
Sail planAuxiliary sail

Neptune is a former steam packet which served a route between New York and Charleston, South Carolina, and later served a route between New Orleans and Galveston, Texas.

New York–Charleston packet

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Neptune was built in 1837 for the New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company. In 1838, a reorganization of the partnership led to the sale of Neptune to James Pennoyer.[3]

New Orleans–Galveston packet

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Neptune competed for the New Orleans to Galveston trade in the early 1840s, challenging the New York. The steamer could lodge thirty persons in the cabin, and had a steerage capacity of forty. It broke a speed record for the route in 1841 when it reached New Orleans in a mere forty hours, shaving a full five hours off the previous record.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Baughman (1968), p. 239.
  2. ^ Baughman (1968), p. 251.
  3. ^ Baughman (1968), 15–19.
  4. ^ Hogan, William Ransom (1946). The Texas Republic: A Social & Economic History. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. p. 9.