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J.S.
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J.S.
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p. 1071 - on Upper Mississippi River, believed to be '1902-1910' Davenport, Iowa. First as sternwheel 'J.S' J.S. 'first ' J.S. excursion boat built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. 1901 - size 175'x33'x5.5'. engines 18"x7' stroke, built for Captain John Streckfus Sr. Originally placed in Davenport - Clinton, Iowa daily trade, offering "moonlight excursions". In this trade she was found to be too large and heavy to run the rapids every day. She was withdrawn and operated exclusively as an excursion boat, and made great success as such. She was lost by burning, on June 25, 1910 at "bad ax bend," near Victory Wisconsin. It is said that the fire which caused her destruction was touched off by a passenger who was confined in the jail located in hold.
CHESTER
Title
CHESTER
Date
1908
Description
Mo. River packet boat-first sternwheel-then screw propellers-1908
A. D. Allen
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A. D. Allen
Description
Sternwheeler A. D. Allen docked.
A. D. Allen
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A. D. Allen
Description
Sternwheeler A. D. Allen at port. Crew is visible on deck.
A. D. Allen
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A. D. Allen
Description
Sternwheeler A. D. Allen at Lock 3 on the Arkansas River.
A. Baldwin
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A. Baldwin
Description
A. Baldwin on river. Crew visible on deck and in pilot house.
Albermatla
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Albermatla
Description
Albermatla on river. Passengers are visible on upper deck.
Addie T
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Addie T
Description
Addie T at port, loaded with goods. Passengers and crew are visible on deck and in pilot house.
Large Steamboat Album
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Large Steamboat Album
Description
Loading the sternwheeler Oakland. From page 2 of large steamboat album.
Corwin H. Spencer
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Corwin H. Spencer
Description
Side-wheel packet Corwin H. Spencer, which ran excursions out of St. Louis during the 1904 World's Fair. She burned near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, in October 1905.
Saturn
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Saturn
Description
Sternwheeler Saturn, built in 1901. This boat ran excursions at St. Louis and on the Missouri River.
Steamboat R.C. Gunter
Title
Steamboat R.C. Gunter
Description
Photograph of the steamboat R.C. Gunter. The R.C. Gunter was a sternwheel packet built at Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1886 for the Chattanooga and Decatur Packet Company. R.C. Gunter was the owner and master. By 1896 the boat had been sold to the St. Louis, Harden and Hempsville Packet Company, and then sold again to the Eagle Packet Company a year later in 1901. The latter company ran the boat one final year until it sank in 1902 on the Illinois River. This is a unique view of the steamer we've not found elsewhere. Several passengers can be seen posing on the railing of the boiler deck. Photograph ca. 1900.

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