Ben Franklin (Towboat, 1921-1935)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Towboat
BUILT: 1921 Rock Island, Illinois
FORMERLY: 1921, the rafter, E. Rutledge; 1921, John H. Rich; 1921, Oronoco
FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned in Cincinnati at the foot of Pike Street, December 2, 1935
OWNERS: November 1921 Ben Franklin Coal Company, Moundsville, West Virginia; July 1922-January 1926, Independent River Sand Company; January 1926 Ben Franklin Coal Company, Augustus O. Kirschner, and John Donald; June 1927, Captain Donald sold out
OFFICERS & CREW: 1921, Captain Casper Cillus (master), Sard Kennard and A.H. Corbitt (engineers); 1935, Captain P.O. Lallance (master)
RIVERS: Ohio River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0230; She was used as a pleasure yacht (the Oronoco) by the doctors Mayo in 1921 until sold in November 1921 and renamed Ben Franklin. As the Ben Franklin, she towed coal from Moundsville to Parkersburg. In July, 1925 she was cut down pool style at the Morgan-David Dock Company, Glenwood, Pennsylvania. Cause of final fire was a signal lantern. A.O. Kirschner had been killed by a burglar whom he had surprised in his home on October 25, 1935, just six weeks before the Ben Franklin burned
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