J. S. Deluxe (Excursion boat, 1919-1939)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
BUILT: 1896 at Dubuque, Iowa
FORMERLY: Quincy (1896)
FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at St. Louis in the winter of 1938-39
OWNERS: Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Verne Streckfus (master)
RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2882; She was entirely rebuilt into a "deluxe" excursion boat by Streckfus Steamers in 1919. She handled the carriage trade at St. Louis until July 4, 1934 when the President came out. Often worked on the upper Mississippi and was well known at all towns up to St. Paul, Minnesota. In June 1934, she was on the Ohio River to Parkersburg, West Virginia and in 1935 she went to New Martinsville, West Virginia
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A woman in a white dress watches the J. S. "excursion palace" from shore
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