Patrol (Towboat/Packet, 1883-1918)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Packet
BUILT: Hull and cabin built at Sewickley, Pennsylvania, completed at Pittsburgh at the Rees shop in 1883
FINAL DISPOSITION: Lost by stranding in Harmons Shoals, September 8, 1918
OWNERS: 1883: Mississippi River Commission; 1906: USE St. Louis; 1913: Cumberland River Transportation Company
RIVERS: Mississippi River; Red River; Cumberland River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4404 and T2008; She worked as a towboat for the US Mississippi River Commission and the USE St. Louis. Sold at public auction in 1913, she was purchased by the Cumberland River Transportation Company and they used her as a packet, while towing barges. She was stranded in the Harmons Shoals, below Burnside on September 8, 1918. In the summer of 1941, during low water, the wreck was still clearly visible
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Unidentified officer standing with bell in front of the pilot house
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- Sternwheel towboats
Sternwheel packets
Pilot houses
Towboats
Mississippi River
Red River
Packets
Cumberland River - Type
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