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1896 Branksome
$145,000
Lake George, New York · 36 ft · Boiler certificate 2025
An 1896 steam launch that still runs on its compound engine. Ten people, no engine noise, and a boiler certificate that is worth more than the varnish when you come to sell it.
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Specification
- Year
- 1896
- Builder
- Victorian steam launch
- Category
- Steam launch
- Accommodation
- 10 passengers · 2 crew
- Length overall
- 36 ft
- Beam
- 7 ft 4 in
- Draft
- 2 ft 9 in
- Hull
- Varnished mahogany carvel, canopy over
- Power
- Compound steam engine, coal fired
- Engine hours
- Boiler certificate 2025
- Lying
- Lake George Steamboat Company dock
- Registration
- USCG documented; boiler inspection current
What we checked
- Steam plant photographed at intake, engine and boiler both accessible
- Boiler certificate renewed 2025, the document that decides these boats
- Original varnished mahogany, dry-stored under cover its whole life
