Civil War Veteran
Founder of Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
wife: Mary B (Bridget) Callahan
Daughter: Mrs William T Ring.
Two sons: Daniel J Callahan and W H Callahan
The Washington Post Oct 20, 1909 Wed, page 3
DIED
CALLAHAN- John, beloved husband of Bridget Callahan, aged sixty-seven years.
Mass at St Paul's Church, Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
The Washington Times, Oct 19, 1909, page 1 and page 2
JOHN J CALLAHAN, STEAMER MAGNATE, CLAIMED BY DEATH
One of the Founders of Norfolk Boat Line Victim of Heart Disease
KNOWN AS LEADER IN TRAFFIC WORK
Ideas on Construction of Vessels Differed Much from Established Style
John Callahan, one of the founders and second vice president and general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, a veteran of the civil war, and one of the best known business men of Washington, where he had resided during the last twenty years, died of heart trouble at his residence, 1317 Fairmont street northwest, this morning.
Mr Callahan was alone when the sad came. ...
In the house at the time were Mrs Callahan, his wife, and his daughter, Mrs WIlliam T Ring. ... Mr Callahan leaves, besides his wife and daughter, two sons, Daniel J Callahan, assistant general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and W H Callahan, general passenger agent of the company. Both reached the house shortly after the end came.
Funeral services at the residence, then to St Paul's Church, Interment will be in Mt Olivet.
...
Mr Callahan was a self made man. His life is a story of determination and perseverance that brought success. It is likewise the story of a great ambition for ship building. He loved the sea, and his thoughts never wandered far from it, even in a business way.
When he came out of the civil war, where he served throughout the entire struggle in pickets brigade, he was made master mechanic at the Norfolk Navy Yard. With the knowledge of shipbuilding gained here he afterward designed and supervised the construction of the steamers Norfolk and Washington, now plying between Washington and Norfolk. The company under his direction was something more than a private enterprise. Started twenty years ago , under the most inauspicious circumstances, it did things for Washington that had been awaiting the doing ever since the city outgrew the limits of a village.
The company, through John Callahan, was among the first to put steamships on the Potomac river. He turned much of commerce from Baltimore and directed a large part to it into the Capital.
(discussion of the start up of his business)
The means Callahan took to bring them to a realization of the Capitol's advantages were daring. It was to build better boats than those that were running to Baltimore. To do this, he first had to gain the confidence of the stockholders of the company...
the Jamestown, the last steamship he built. For this boat he drew the plans and supervised the construction. He built it after he had read of the General Slocum disaster to prove his theory that a steamship that was fireproof could be built. The vessel is notable for other things than its fireproof construction....
It is a side wheel vessel, but the observer could not tell it. The wheels are hidden, and the walking beam has been eliminated. One other distinctive innovation that he considered the most valuable was the arrangement of the crank shaft, so that a lever need not be using in its starting. This was accomplished by placing the drive shafts at an angle of less, or more than 180 degrees. This obviated the equalizing power that can from the other arrangements, and the idea is being widely adapted in steamship construction.
Founder of Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
wife: Mary B (Bridget) Callahan
Daughter: Mrs William T Ring.
Two sons: Daniel J Callahan and W H Callahan
The Washington Post Oct 20, 1909 Wed, page 3
DIED
CALLAHAN- John, beloved husband of Bridget Callahan, aged sixty-seven years.
Mass at St Paul's Church, Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
The Washington Times, Oct 19, 1909, page 1 and page 2
JOHN J CALLAHAN, STEAMER MAGNATE, CLAIMED BY DEATH
One of the Founders of Norfolk Boat Line Victim of Heart Disease
KNOWN AS LEADER IN TRAFFIC WORK
Ideas on Construction of Vessels Differed Much from Established Style
John Callahan, one of the founders and second vice president and general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, a veteran of the civil war, and one of the best known business men of Washington, where he had resided during the last twenty years, died of heart trouble at his residence, 1317 Fairmont street northwest, this morning.
Mr Callahan was alone when the sad came. ...
In the house at the time were Mrs Callahan, his wife, and his daughter, Mrs WIlliam T Ring. ... Mr Callahan leaves, besides his wife and daughter, two sons, Daniel J Callahan, assistant general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and W H Callahan, general passenger agent of the company. Both reached the house shortly after the end came.
Funeral services at the residence, then to St Paul's Church, Interment will be in Mt Olivet.
...
Mr Callahan was a self made man. His life is a story of determination and perseverance that brought success. It is likewise the story of a great ambition for ship building. He loved the sea, and his thoughts never wandered far from it, even in a business way.
When he came out of the civil war, where he served throughout the entire struggle in pickets brigade, he was made master mechanic at the Norfolk Navy Yard. With the knowledge of shipbuilding gained here he afterward designed and supervised the construction of the steamers Norfolk and Washington, now plying between Washington and Norfolk. The company under his direction was something more than a private enterprise. Started twenty years ago , under the most inauspicious circumstances, it did things for Washington that had been awaiting the doing ever since the city outgrew the limits of a village.
The company, through John Callahan, was among the first to put steamships on the Potomac river. He turned much of commerce from Baltimore and directed a large part to it into the Capital.
(discussion of the start up of his business)
The means Callahan took to bring them to a realization of the Capitol's advantages were daring. It was to build better boats than those that were running to Baltimore. To do this, he first had to gain the confidence of the stockholders of the company...
the Jamestown, the last steamship he built. For this boat he drew the plans and supervised the construction. He built it after he had read of the General Slocum disaster to prove his theory that a steamship that was fireproof could be built. The vessel is notable for other things than its fireproof construction....
It is a side wheel vessel, but the observer could not tell it. The wheels are hidden, and the walking beam has been eliminated. One other distinctive innovation that he considered the most valuable was the arrangement of the crank shaft, so that a lever need not be using in its starting. This was accomplished by placing the drive shafts at an angle of less, or more than 180 degrees. This obviated the equalizing power that can from the other arrangements, and the idea is being widely adapted in steamship construction.
Civil War Veteran
Founder of Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
wife: Mary B (Bridget) Callahan
Daughter: Mrs William T Ring.
Two sons: Daniel J Callahan and W H Callahan
The Washington Post Oct 20, 1909 Wed, page 3
DIED
CALLAHAN- John, beloved husband of Bridget Callahan, aged sixty-seven years.
Mass at St Paul's Church, Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
The Washington Times, Oct 19, 1909, page 1 and page 2
JOHN J CALLAHAN, STEAMER MAGNATE, CLAIMED BY DEATH
One of the Founders of Norfolk Boat Line Victim of Heart Disease
KNOWN AS LEADER IN TRAFFIC WORK
Ideas on Construction of Vessels Differed Much from Established Style
John Callahan, one of the founders and second vice president and general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, a veteran of the civil war, and one of the best known business men of Washington, where he had resided during the last twenty years, died of heart trouble at his residence, 1317 Fairmont street northwest, this morning.
Mr Callahan was alone when the sad came. ...
In the house at the time were Mrs Callahan, his wife, and his daughter, Mrs WIlliam T Ring. ... Mr Callahan leaves, besides his wife and daughter, two sons, Daniel J Callahan, assistant general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and W H Callahan, general passenger agent of the company. Both reached the house shortly after the end came.
Funeral services at the residence, then to St Paul's Church, Interment will be in Mt Olivet.
...
Mr Callahan was a self made man. His life is a story of determination and perseverance that brought success. It is likewise the story of a great ambition for ship building. He loved the sea, and his thoughts never wandered far from it, even in a business way.
When he came out of the civil war, where he served throughout the entire struggle in pickets brigade, he was made master mechanic at the Norfolk Navy Yard. With the knowledge of shipbuilding gained here he afterward designed and supervised the construction of the steamers Norfolk and Washington, now plying between Washington and Norfolk. The company under his direction was something more than a private enterprise. Started twenty years ago , under the most inauspicious circumstances, it did things for Washington that had been awaiting the doing ever since the city outgrew the limits of a village.
The company, through John Callahan, was among the first to put steamships on the Potomac river. He turned much of commerce from Baltimore and directed a large part to it into the Capital.
(discussion of the start up of his business)
The means Callahan took to bring them to a realization of the Capitol's advantages were daring. It was to build better boats than those that were running to Baltimore. To do this, he first had to gain the confidence of the stockholders of the company...
the Jamestown, the last steamship he built. For this boat he drew the plans and supervised the construction. He built it after he had read of the General Slocum disaster to prove his theory that a steamship that was fireproof could be built. The vessel is notable for other things than its fireproof construction....
It is a side wheel vessel, but the observer could not tell it. The wheels are hidden, and the walking beam has been eliminated. One other distinctive innovation that he considered the most valuable was the arrangement of the crank shaft, so that a lever need not be using in its starting. This was accomplished by placing the drive shafts at an angle of less, or more than 180 degrees. This obviated the equalizing power that can from the other arrangements, and the idea is being widely adapted in steamship construction.
Founder of Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
wife: Mary B (Bridget) Callahan
Daughter: Mrs William T Ring.
Two sons: Daniel J Callahan and W H Callahan
The Washington Post Oct 20, 1909 Wed, page 3
DIED
CALLAHAN- John, beloved husband of Bridget Callahan, aged sixty-seven years.
Mass at St Paul's Church, Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
The Washington Times, Oct 19, 1909, page 1 and page 2
JOHN J CALLAHAN, STEAMER MAGNATE, CLAIMED BY DEATH
One of the Founders of Norfolk Boat Line Victim of Heart Disease
KNOWN AS LEADER IN TRAFFIC WORK
Ideas on Construction of Vessels Differed Much from Established Style
John Callahan, one of the founders and second vice president and general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, a veteran of the civil war, and one of the best known business men of Washington, where he had resided during the last twenty years, died of heart trouble at his residence, 1317 Fairmont street northwest, this morning.
Mr Callahan was alone when the sad came. ...
In the house at the time were Mrs Callahan, his wife, and his daughter, Mrs WIlliam T Ring. ... Mr Callahan leaves, besides his wife and daughter, two sons, Daniel J Callahan, assistant general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and W H Callahan, general passenger agent of the company. Both reached the house shortly after the end came.
Funeral services at the residence, then to St Paul's Church, Interment will be in Mt Olivet.
...
Mr Callahan was a self made man. His life is a story of determination and perseverance that brought success. It is likewise the story of a great ambition for ship building. He loved the sea, and his thoughts never wandered far from it, even in a business way.
When he came out of the civil war, where he served throughout the entire struggle in pickets brigade, he was made master mechanic at the Norfolk Navy Yard. With the knowledge of shipbuilding gained here he afterward designed and supervised the construction of the steamers Norfolk and Washington, now plying between Washington and Norfolk. The company under his direction was something more than a private enterprise. Started twenty years ago , under the most inauspicious circumstances, it did things for Washington that had been awaiting the doing ever since the city outgrew the limits of a village.
The company, through John Callahan, was among the first to put steamships on the Potomac river. He turned much of commerce from Baltimore and directed a large part to it into the Capital.
(discussion of the start up of his business)
The means Callahan took to bring them to a realization of the Capitol's advantages were daring. It was to build better boats than those that were running to Baltimore. To do this, he first had to gain the confidence of the stockholders of the company...
the Jamestown, the last steamship he built. For this boat he drew the plans and supervised the construction. He built it after he had read of the General Slocum disaster to prove his theory that a steamship that was fireproof could be built. The vessel is notable for other things than its fireproof construction....
It is a side wheel vessel, but the observer could not tell it. The wheels are hidden, and the walking beam has been eliminated. One other distinctive innovation that he considered the most valuable was the arrangement of the crank shaft, so that a lever need not be using in its starting. This was accomplished by placing the drive shafts at an angle of less, or more than 180 degrees. This obviated the equalizing power that can from the other arrangements, and the idea is being widely adapted in steamship construction.
Family Members
Spouse
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
