User:Gatoclass/SB/PS Fanwood

History
Name	Fanwood
Namesake	Fanwood, New Jersey
Owner	Central Railroad of New Jersey
Route	New Jersey–New York City
Builder	Lawrence & Foulks
Launched	1 April 1876
Completed	1876
In service	1876–1905
Fate	Burned at Gregory's scrap yard, Perth Amboy, 4 July 1906
General characteristics
Type	Single-decker sidewheel ferry
Tonnage	1092
Length	213 ft (65 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × vertical beam steam engine
Capacity	500+ passengers

Fanwood was a sidewheel ferry built in 1876 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Jersey City to New York City service. Fanwood spent her entire career ferrying passengers and cargo between the two cities for the same company. She was burned for scrap in 1906.

refs

• "Boats in a Collision", The New York Times, 1896-11-14.
• "Vice President's Trip", The New York Times, 1897-03-03.</ref>