Ouachita (Packet, 1922-1940)
- Image
- View Full Item
- Description
BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Packet
BUILT: 1922 at Nashville, Tennessee
FORMERLY: George Prince
FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in January 1940
OWNERS: Captain L.V. Cooley; Captain Fred Hornbrook and others (1934); Ohio River Transit Company (1935); Greene Line Steamers (1936)
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Sam Cotton; Captain Fred Hornbrook (master, 1935)
RIVERS: Ouachita River; Mississippi River; Ohio River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4354; Her machinery came from the Percy Swain. She ran New Orleans-Monroe. In 1934 she ran Pittsburgh-Cincinnati. After being sold again to the Ohio River Transit Company, she ran Cincinnati-Louisville. After she was dismantled in 1940, the hull was used as a cargo barge named Stogie White
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Leaving Mound City, Illinois on the way to Cincinnati
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Type
- image
- Standardized Rights Statement
- Copyright Undetermined:The copyright and related rights status of this Item has been reviewed by the organization that has made the Item available, but the organization was unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the Item. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
- Rights
- This image cannot be copied or reproduced without the permission of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Murphy Library, Special Collections
- Chicago citation style
- Ouachita (Packet, 1922-1940). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HARFPNUABDMYK9D. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Ouachita (Packet, 1922-1940). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HARFPNUABDMYK9D
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HARFPNUABDMYK9D>.