Racing sternwheelers – Believed to be sister ships, the C.R. Lamb (left) and Andover (right) were built by G.B. Ward and Sons within a year of each other (1907). Initially called the Silver Stream, the Andover had to be renamed because the name was already registered.The Andover was a pleasure ship with an 8.0 horse-powered sternwheeler engine. It was 93-feet long, 19.9-feet wide and 4-feet in depth. Her gross tonnages was 177. The C.R. Lamb had a 34.
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