City of Louisville (Packet, 1894-1918)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
BOAT TYPE: Packet
BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard, 1894
FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank, due to ice, January 30, 1918
OWNERS: Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
OFFICERS & CREW: 1894: Captain John Brennan (master), Charles C. Langhart (purser), George Bumgardner and William C. Lepper, Jr. (clerks), Charles J. Dufour and C. Henry Thomas (pilots), Andy Hazlett (mate), William Turner (second mate), Henry R. McClannahan (chief engineer), George Kinny (2nd engineer), Levi McCain and Charles Baglin (strikers), Henry Culver (carpenter), Charles Clark (watchman), George L. Wick (steward); Later, for 20 years: Captain James Martin; Then: Captain Clarence McElfresh; 1917: Ed Maurer and Wymond Brasher (pilots), Henry McClannahan (at throttle)
RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1095; The City of Louisville was owned by the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company at a cost of $72,500. The big roof bell came from a set of chimes at the Chicago World Fair of 1893 and was adorned with a massive set of antlers. For many years she carried a sign on the pilothouse sides exhibiting the number 9-42 which was her upstream record time. A cannon made by James Hafer, Jr., Newport, Kentucky was carried on the main deck and fired on special occasions. Today the cannon is in the River Museum, Marietta, Ohio. Her whistle, a deep, hoarse, three-toned one was inherited from the Fleetwood. She was built expressly for the Louisville-Cincinnati trade. She had 72 staterooms and slept 160 and she carried an excursion permit for 1,500. Her trial trip was on April 2, 1894. She then left for Cincinnati on April 3, 1894 on her inaugural trip. On Wednesday, April 18, 1894, she departed Louisville at 3:00p.m. and made the record 9:42 hr. run to Cincinnati, which
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: City of Louisville under construction at Howard Boat Yards, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 1894
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Mississippi River
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Indiana--Jeffersonville--Howard Ship Yard - Type
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