Eppleton Hall (1914)

*Eppleton Hall*
	Eppleton Hall in San Francisco
History
Owner	1914-1924 Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd; 1924-1945 Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd; 1945-1964 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; 1964-1967 Seaham Harbour Dock Co; 1967-1979 Scott Newhall/Karl Kortum; 1979 National Park Service;
Port of registry	1914-1967 Newcastle upon Tyne; 1969 San Francisco, California;
Builder	Hepple and Company, South Shields
Yard number	632
Completed	1914
In service	1914-1967
Status	Museum ship at San Francisco, California
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	166 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	100.5 ft (30.6 m)
Beam	21.1 ft (6.4 m)
Depth of hold	10.8 ft (3.3 m)
Installed power	500 ihp (370 kW)
Propulsion	Steam side-lever engines
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
	Eppleton Hall
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	Fort Mason, Bld. 201, San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°48′34″N 122°25′19″W / 37.80944°N 122.42194°W
Part of	San Francisco Maritime National Historic Site (ID01000281)
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1988

Eppleton Hall is a paddlewheel tugboat built in England in 1914. The only remaining intact example of a Tyne-built paddle tug, and one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs (the other being the former Tees Conservancy Commissioners' vessel, PS John H Amos),^[3] she is preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Proud, John H F (1993). 150 Years of the Maltese Cross: The Story of Tyne, Blyth and Wear Tug Companies. South Shields: Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd. pp. 211–214. ISBN 0-9522721-0-5.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
^ "Eppleton Hall - end of an era". Sunderland Echo. 4 December 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^ "Eppleton Hall". San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. National Park Service. Retrieved 24 February 2009.

History
Eppleton Hall in San Francisco

Owner	1914-1924 Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd 1924-1945 Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd 1945-1964 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd 1964-1967 Seaham Harbour Dock Co^[1] 1967-1979 Scott Newhall/Karl Kortum 1979 National Park Service
Port of registry	1914-1967 Newcastle upon Tyne^[1] 1969 San Francisco, California
Builder	Hepple and Company, South Shields
Yard number	632^[1]
Completed	1914^[1]
In service	1914-1967^[1]
Status	Museum ship at San Francisco, California^[1]
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	166 gross register tons (GRT)^[1]
Length	100.5 ft (30.6 m)
Beam	21.1 ft (6.4 m)
Depth of hold	10.8 ft (3.3 m)
Installed power	500 ihp (370 kW)^[1]
Propulsion	Steam side-lever engines
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)^[1]

Eppleton Hall
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


Location	Fort Mason, Bld. 201, San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°48′34″N 122°25′19″W / 37.80944°N 122.42194°W / 37.80944; -122.42194
Part of	San Francisco Maritime National Historic Site (ID01000281^[2])
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1988