The City of Clifton was built in 1900 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Her dimensions were:- 190 x 30 x 5.0 feet; 285 tons. This boat was built by the Lee Line of Memphis, Tennessee and christened Rowena Lee. However, she was bought by the St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company before completion and renamed the City of Clifton. She then ran in the Tennessee River trade. While lying at the bank at Clifton, Tennessee, on the Tennessee River, she was totally destroyed by fire on February 20, 1903. The fire started near the forward main stairway from some unknown cause. She was valued at $30,000. Ascending the Mississippi River she struck a hidden obstruction on September 23, 1901, and sunk in 9 feet of water. She was raised and repaired; cost, $3,500. Damage to cargo, $4,000.