Old Dominion Steamship Company Explained

Foundation: in Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Fate:Sold to Eastern Steamship Lines
Founder:Isaac Bell
Defunct:1920s
Area Served:East Coast of the United States
Industry:Shipping, Passenger

Old Dominion Steamship Company, also referred to as the Old Dominion Line, was a major cargo and passenger shipping company founded in 1867[1] in Norfolk, Virginia.[2] [3] [4]

History

Established in 1867, the founder and first President of the Old Dominion Steamship Company was Isaac Bell (1814–1897), and its first Vice President was George W. Elder.[5] [6] [7] Former Attorney General of Delaware Jacob Moore served for a period as the company's legal counsel.[8] Subsequent presidents of the company included H.B. Walker and W.L. Woodrow.[9]

The company's "Main Line Division" offered an overnight transportation service between New York and Norfolk could make 16kn.[10] That service was between New York pier 26, North River, and Norfolk connecting with the line's "Virginia Division" steamers, including Old Dominion's "Night Line Steamers" Berkley and Brandon serving Richmond with overnight service to Norfolk.[11]

In the 1880s, the longshoremen employed by the company began a widely publicized strike, seeking an increase in wages and overtime pay.[12] [13] Charles H. Kennerly served as the port engineer for the company for several years.[14] In the early 1920s, the Old Dominion Steamship Company became a subsidiary of Eastern Steamship Lines.[15] [16]

Ships

Ships owned by the Old Dominion Steamship Company included:

In popular culture

An 1876 painting by Antonio Jacobsen titled, Old Dominion Line Steamer Isaac Bell off Sandy Hook, is on display at the Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Supreme Court . 1872 . en.
  2. Colton, T. (2 May 2014). "Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA". Shipbuilding History. T. Colton. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Old Dominion Steamship Company . 2023-10-04 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  4. Book: Old Dominion Line . 2015 . Creative Media Partners, LLC . 978-1-296-84019-8 . en.
  5. Web site: Old Dominion Line Steamer Isaac Bell off Sandy Hook with Pilot Schooner No. 16, Christian Bergh, in the Distance . 2023-10-04 . barryart.emuseum.com . en.
  6. Book: Old Dominion Line: Along the Historic James River (Classic Reprint) . 2017-11-27 . Fb&c Limited . 978-0-331-78380-3 . en.
  7. Book: Preble, George Henry . A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation . 1895 . L. R. Hamersly & Company . en.
  8. "JACOB MOORE: Sudden Death of One of the Leading Lawyers of the State", The Wilmington Morning News (December 15, 1886), p. 3.
  9. News: FINANCIAL NOTES. . en . The New York Times . 2023-10-04.
  10. Book: The Old Dominion Steamship Company's Fleet of Iron Steamships . Old Dominion Steamship Company . en.
  11. Web site: Steamboats NCpedia . 2023-10-04 . www.ncpedia.org.
  12. News: TimesMachine: Wednesday January 12, 1887 - NYTimes.com . en . The New York Times . 2023-10-04.
  13. News: THE STEAMSHIP BOYCOTT. . en . The New York Times . 2023-10-04.
  14. News: Charles H. Kennerly, 88, Directed U.S. Ship Agency . en . The New York Times . 2023-10-04.
  15. Book: Crockett, L. Dunbaugh, David, Edwin . Eastern Steamship . Steamship Historical Society of America . 1997 . 0-913423-11-4 . Providence, RI.
  16. News: OLD DOMINION FINANCING.; Eastern Steamship Lines Offer Stock Exchange Plan. . en . The New York Times . 2023-10-04.
  17. Web site: Steamer "Brandon," ca.1925 . 2023-10-04 . Maine Memory Network . en.
  18. Web site: Old Dominion Line - Old Dominion Steamship Co. . 2023-10-04 . www.timetableimages.com.
  19. News: NAME OLD DOMINION LINER.; Kin of First President at the George Washington's Launching. . en . The New York Times . 2023-10-04.
  20. Belknap, Reginald Rowan The Yankee mining squadron; or, Laying the North Sea mining barrage (1920) United States Naval Institute pp.46-47,74&110
  21. News: 1880-10-03 . A Steamer on Fire.; The Isaac Bell, of the Old Dominion Line, Burned -- No Lives Lost. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-04 . 0362-4331.
  22. Web site: Colton . T. . October 21, 2013 . The Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023050721/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/merchant.htm . 23 October 2014 . 11 October 2014.
  23. Web site: Colton . T. . October 21, 2013 . The Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023050721/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/merchant.htm . 23 October 2014 . 10 October 2014 . ShipbuildingHistory.
  24. Web site: Steamer, Manteo, built for Old Dominion Steamship Co. Hagley Digital Archives . 2023-10-04 . digital.hagley.org.
  25. "Resolute II (Iron Passenger Liner)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. 2005. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

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