City of Camden

Lemen, Dick
Hartford, John

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City of Camden (Steamboat)
Steamboats

The City of Camden was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1893. Her dimensions were:- 175 x 35 x 5.0 feet; 299 tons. She was built to run in the trade out of new Orleans to the Black and Ouachita Rivers. While ascending the Ouachita river on February 19, 1900, she struck a snag at Spooner's Shoals, Louisiana and partially filled with water but did not sink. Damage to steamer and cargo was $1,200. She burned at Columbia, Louisisna with 3000 bales of cotton aboard.

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