William Penn's Personal Sailing Barge

William Penn's Personal Sailing Barge (HM1JWI)

Location: Morrisville, PA 19067 Bucks County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 8.05', W 74° 46.116'

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The barge was typical of luxurious 17th century rivercraft. It would have been equally at home in the Seine, the Thames or the Delaware Rivers.
Length Overall: 27.6
Length Waterline: 25.3
Beam: 5.0 ¾
Draft Loaded: 1.3 ½
Displacement: 2330 lbs.
Built by: Southwest Boat Corporation
Southwest Harbor, Me. (July 1968)
Designed by: Charles Wittholz
315 Lexington Drive
Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Architects: Wassel & Pyros
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HM NumberHM1JWI
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Placed ByPennsbury Manor
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, April 5th, 2015 at 9:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 519713 N 4442674
Decimal Degrees40.13416667, -74.76860000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 8.05', W 74° 46.116'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 8' 3" N, 74° 46' 6.96" W
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Area Code(s)215, 267
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 350 Pennsbury Memorial Rd, Morrisville PA 19067, US
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