Julia Belle Swain (Packet/Excursion boat, 1917-1931)
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- 1921-11-03
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
BOAT TYPE: Packet/Excursion boat
BUILT: 1913 at Santa Rosa, Florida
FORMERLY: Charles E. Cessna (1913)
FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned in her winter quarters on the Monongahela River in December 1931
OWNERS: Swain family (1917); Edward M. Cody and Captain Oscar A. Moore/Penn Excursion Company (1924)
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Percy Swain (master, 1917); Captain Oscar Moore (master, after 1917)
RIVERS: Illinois River; Allegheny River; Mississippi River; Ohio River; Monongahela River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3179; The Swain family was involved in her construction and repossessed her in 1916. They brought her to the Illinois River and there renamed her. She was used in packet and excursion work until sold in April 1924. The new owners (Penn Excursion Company) took her to Pittsburgh. She was the last steamboat to be owned by the Swain family
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Being repaired at the Keokuk dry dock
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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- Sidewheel packets
Sidewheel excursions
Packets
Illinois River
Allegheny River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Monongahela River
Excursion boats
Ships
Maintenance and repair
Iowa--Keokuk - Type
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