Steamer - Wayne
Builder:
Built: Hartford, CT
Captains:
Specifications: 83 ft. long, drew
20 inches when loaded, stern-wheel;
two 36 horsepower engines.
Notes: Built for Connecticut River
transportation, the Wayne was bought in
1843 by New Bern merchant C.B.
Dibble and operated from Dec. 1843
until it burned in early March 1848.
It handled 15-20 people and towed
rafts.