The images of the Golden Eagle River Museum Collection consist of photographs, drawings and other images of vessels and people that work or worked on the inland waterways of the United States, as well as towns and landmarks along the rivers.
P. by Rudy Gerber - when? Ca. 1935. L to R Oliver Parmely - Jim Swift - Ruth Ferris and Rudy Gerber. Capt. Buck (from the back) on a chair at the rail. (Comments - Marga Finger)
THE GOLDEN EAGLE WAS BUILT IN 1904 BY THE HOWARD SHIP YARD AND DOCK COMPANY AT JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA AS THE WM. GARIG, A SOUTHERN COTTON BOAT. HER WOODEN HULL IS 175 BY 35 BY 5.2 FEET AND THE GROSS AND NET TONNAGE IS 193. THE MACHINERY IS OF 200 HORSEPOWER WITH CYLINDERS 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND SIX FEET STROKE. THE BOILERS ARE 44 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 32 FEET LONG. THE EAGLE PACKET COMPANY BOUGHT THE BOAT IN 1918, BROUGHT HER TO ST. LOUIS, AND CHANGED HER NAME TO THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
by Randy Gerber - when? Ca 1935 on the Str. "Golden Eagle". Men with white caps L to R Jim Swift, Rudy Gerber, Oliver P. center standing: Horty Wilder, Hostess; between Horty & Rudy G. is Ruth Ferris, side view. Others not known to me - Marga F.