Record #:

24530

Author(s):

Littleton, Tucker R.

Abstract:

North Carolina’s first steamboat, PROMETHEUS (ship), was built in Swansboro by Captain Otway Burns (1775-1850), a Privateer hero of the War of 1812.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 6, November 1977, p8-10, il

Subject(s):

Swansboro--History; Burns, Otway, 1775-1850; North Carolina--History--War of 1812