Event Name:
Steamboat Era Museum Presents “122 Years on the Old Bay Line" at Their 2025 Annual Second Saturday Speaker Series
Description
Steamboat Era Museum Presents “122 Years on the Old Bay Line" at Their 2025 Annual Second Saturday Speaker Series
Event Date:
02-08-25
Event Time:
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM EST
Location:
Steamboat Era Museum
156 King Carter Drive
Irvington, VA 22480
Contact Person:
Candee Pevahouse
(phone: 4344802136)
Details:
Irvington, VA - The Steamboat Era Museum, as part of the 2025 Annual Second Saturday Speaker Series, will be welcoming author Jack Shaum for a virtual discussion of his recent book "122 Years on the Old Bay Line on February 8th, starting at 2:00 pm.

Old Bay Line is the name by which the Baltimore Steam Packet Company was best known over most of its 122-year history of nightly carrying passengers and freight on Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk.  They were large, sturdy vessels that operated year-round in all kinds of weather., providing reliable on-time service for the traveling public and shippers alike. The were called up for war service during the Civil War,  World War I and World War II. Several of the company’s vessels even crossed the Atlantic and saw action overseas in World War II. By the 1950s and 1960s the company was the last of its kind, still providing gracious service, and by the time it wrapped up operations in 1962 it was the oldest steamship company in the United States. Mr. Shaum brings the story alive by including evocative personal impressions of travel onboard the line's steamers.

The Steamboat Era Museum is located at 156 King Carter Drive in Irvington, VA. Tickets for the speaker series are $5 per speaker or $15 for the season. Call the museum at 804-438-6888 to reserve your ticket(s) or purchase online at shop.steamboateramuseum.org.
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The Steamboat Era Museum, an award-winning museum, is focused on preserving and sharing the history of the Steamboat Era and boasts an immersive exhibit of the pilothouse of the Steamboat Potomac, the largest remaining artifact from a Chesapeake Bay Steamboat. Please visit the museum’s website for more information, directions, hours, and entrance fees at www.steamboateramuseum.org or call 804-438-6888. Welcome aboard!Links:
http://www.steamboateramuseum.org