Lydia Van Sant (Rafter/Bowboat, 1898-1911)

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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel

BOAT TYPE: Rafter/Bowboat

BUILT: 1898 at Le Claire, Iowa

FORMERLY: Netta Durant

BECAME: Taber

FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to the Taber Lumber Company and renamed in 1911

OWNERS: Van Sant Towing Company

OFFICERS & CREW: Captain George Tromley (circa 1902); Captain G. Tromley, Sr. (1899)

RIVERS: Mississippi River

OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1666; She was rebuilt from the Netta Durant. Worked under charter for ten years for the Taber Lumber Company, after which time they bought her. She was used as a bowboat around 1903

PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In the background is the Lydia Van Sant and in the foreground is the J.W. Van Sant. A log raft is in between them

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Recollection Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Subjects
Sternwheel rafters
Sternwheel bowboats
Paddle steamers
Mississippi River
Log transportation
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https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GNM6LKDUS7VXN8E
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