Victor (Towboat, 1894-1907)

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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel

BOAT TYPE: Towboat

BUILT: 1894 at Monteith's Landing, West Virginia

FINAL DISPOSITION: Lost at the mouth of the White River near Sibley's Chute on February 22, 1907

OWNERS: A. J. and G. B. Monteith; Reeves Lumber Company

RIVERS: White River; Mississippi River

OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2525; Owned by the Monteiths who towed produce boats south. They operated the Victor for several years and quit the produce business when they sold her. She was owned at Paducah in 1903 and may have been rebuilt in the meantime, as she was listed with a 120x26 hull, smaller than her 138.5x26 original dimensions. The Reeves Lumber Company used her to tow logs on the Mississippi River and lost her at the mouth of the White River in February, 1907

PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Towing barges loaded with lumber

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Recollection Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Sternwheel towboats
Towboats
White River
Mississippi River
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