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J. R. Wells
Title
J. R. Wells
Date
1917
Description
Str. J. R. WELLS 1917. At Chamois MO.
River Improvement Work
Title
River Improvement Work
Date
1911
Description
"Tender No. 9" (rear center) and portion of tow of 27 pieces of river construction equipment enroute from Establishment Island to Liberty Island.
J.S.
Title
J.S.
Description
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 She was withdrawn and operated exclusively as an excursion boat, and made great success as such.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.
FAIRMONT
Title
FAIRMONT
Date
1917
Description
Photograph of the FAIRMONT in 1917
New Orleans
Title
New Orleans
Date
1911
Description
Built Pittsburgh, 1811, Length, 138 ft. 371 tons. Robert Fulton's financial success on the Hudson gave him funds to fulfill a second ambition, which John Fitch had also held: introduction of steamboats on the Western Waters, to us the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Fulton sent Nicholas Roosevelt, another steamboat experimenter, to Pittsburgh to build the New Orleans, first steamer to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. Little information on the New Orleans has survived. There is even some question whether she was a sidewheeler or a sternwheeler. Her first voyage took place in 1811, when she left Pittsburgh in October, doubled back from Louisville to Cincinnati to prove she could run against the current, and reached New Olreans in January, 1812. For the 1911 centennial celebration of this event, a sidewheel replica of the New Orleans was built. It is shown in this photograph. The original boat plied the Lower Mississippi until 1814, when she hit a snag and sank.
Vim
Title
Vim
Description
The Vim was originally built as the Hattie Brown, a single deck sternwheeler at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania in 1895. Her dimensions were:- 125 x 22.6 x 4.3 feet. She was built for J. W. Rice of Zanesville, Ohio and her engines came from the Lizzie Cassel. They were 12's with a 4-foot stroke. She ran various short trades on the Ohio River. The Hattie Brown was rebuilt at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1915 and renamed the Vim. She was owned by the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company. The Vim came out in June, 1919 for the Madison and Kentucky River trade. In August 1919 her name was changed to Richard Roe. In March, 1921 she was in the Madison and Monterey trade, Kentucky River. Later Captain Lewis Tanner bought and used her for towing.
Curly
Title
Curly
Date
1918
Description
Curly at Ice Jam at Memphis, Tenn. Probably 1918.
Missouri
Title
Missouri
Date
1912
Description
Corps of Engineers Snagboat Missouri on Mo. River, 1912. Burned at Gasconade Mo. July 28, 1928. Was sunk behind dike about 2 miles below Gasconade, Dec. 1929. Winter ice breakup broke hole in dike. March 1930, channel was through hole. March 15, 1930, Dredge Kappa, hit and sank on top, Snagboat Missouri. George Kishmar.
Peoria
Title
Peoria
Date
191-
Description
Eagle Packet Co. Built 1914. Lost in ice gorge Tenn River Jan 1918.
Virginia Stranded in Pomeroy Bend
Title
Virginia Stranded in Pomeroy Bend
Date
1910
Description
The Virginia operated in the Pittsburgh-Cincinnatti trade along with the Keystone State, the Iron Queen, the Scotia, the Carrollton, the Hudson and the Queen City. She was owned by the Pittsburgh and Cincinnatti Packet Company. Her career seemed to have been a hectic one. In 1910 high water from the Kanawha River left her stranded up in a field a hundred yards from the river, high and dry in Pomeroy Bend for a whole summer. The owner got tired waiting for another flood, and after three months set to work, dug a little canal, floated the old boat down to the Howard's repair yards. And in a few weeks she was going about her business as though nothing had happened. This was one of the best known accidents on the Mississippi system. Later her name was changed to Steel City; still later it was changed to the East St. Louis. Under her last name of Greater New Orleans she operated as an excursion steamer on the Mississippi, and fire finally destroyed her.
Jim Wood
Title
Jim Wood
Date
1917
Description
The Jim Wood sagging at Dam No. 33 on the Ohio River.
H. K. Bedford
Title
H. K. Bedford
Date
1912
Description
H. K. Bedford, sunk in 1912 at Carpenter's Bar, above Marietta, Ohio River.
Jim Wood
Title
Jim Wood
Date
1917
Description
Photograph of steamer JIM WOOD run aground at Dam 33 near Maysville, Kentucky.
F. M. Wallace
Title
F. M. Wallace
Description
The sternwheel towboat Oakland was built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1872. Her hull dimensions were: - 210 x 35 x 6 feet. Tonnage: 628, gross and net. Her horse power was rated at 1280. She was first owned jointly by Captains Tom Fawcett and William \"McKeesport Billy\" Smith. Shortly thereafter she was sold to the St. Louis and Mississippi Valley Transportation Company of St. Louis, Missouri. She was used to tow bulk freight between St. Louis and New Orleans. In 1881 she took down what was considered the largest tow of bulk grain handled by one boat from St. Louis to New Orleans - 263,000 bushels of corn, 90,000 bushels of wheat; all in eight barges. On March 14, 1897, the steamer C. O. in two of the Oakland, when passing Hickman, Kentucky, struck the Big Eddy and parted her headlines. She swung around, turned over and sunk in 100 feet of water, a total loss; valued at $3000. No one hurt and no lives lost. She aws taken into the Pittsburgh \"Combine\" in the early 1900's, and then towed coal from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. In May 1907, towing 28 pieces loaded with 21,000 tons of coal, she made the run from Pittsburgh to New Orleans in 15 days. On June 15, 1909, charges were preferred by James E. Culver, a licensed mate of river steamers, against Captain James Beazell, master, for leaving the port of Louisville, without having a licensed mate on board. After an inquiry the charges were not sustained and the case dismissed. In early 1914 her name was changed to the F. M. Wallace and the texas removed. She sank in the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis about 1921. Part of her was evidently salvaged as on January 5, 1924 the Barret Line offered for sale the hull of the towboat F. M. Wallace, formerly the speedy Oakland.
Uncle Sam
Title
Uncle Sam
Description
The Uncle Sam was originally constructed as the Jacob Richtman at Sterling Island, Missouri in 1898. Her dimensions were:- 160 x 32 x 5 feet; 469 tons. She had two boilers and her engines were 14 inches with a 6-foot stroke. She was a sternwheel packet. On April 17, 1903 while the Jacob Richtman was descending the Mississippi River with two loaded barges and a log raft in town she struck a span coming through a bridge. On account of a strong stern wind and the current she had become unmanageable; the damage was slight. In 1903 she was bought by Captain T. Adams and ran in the excursion business out of Quincy, Illinois. While lying in her winter quarters fire was discovered on November 17, 1904, and she was reported as buring to the water's edge, a total loss. She was evidently rebuilt as she was later owned by the Missouri River Navigation Company and ran out of Kansas City, Missouri. On May 18, 1901, while backing away from the landing at Kansas City, Missouri, she collided with a sand dredge owned by the Builder's Sand Company of that city. At the time, this dredge was navigated by a lime cable from shore to a steam windless on the dredge boat. The force of the collision caused the Uncle Sam to sink almost immediately after she was run ashore. At the time 95 passengers and a full complement of crew were aboard. She was a total loss, estimated at $20,000.
River Protection Work
Title
River Protection Work
Date
1911
Description
River Protection Work - United States Engineer Dept. Weaving brush mattress ; showing barge load of willows, weaving way flats and steam tender Greenfield Bend near Bird's Point, Mo.
Wm R. King
Title
Wm R. King
Date
1911
Description
U. S. Towboat "Wm R. King" and tender with dredge, quarterboat, barges, machine shop and pontoons in tow.
Henry Sackman
Title
Henry Sackman
Date
1918
Description
Wreck of the Henry Sackman, railroad ferry owned by Wiggins Ferry Company at Saint Louis. Dismantled 1918.
Engine room of Gen. J. H. Simpson
Title
Engine room of Gen. J. H. Simpson
Date
1912
Description
Chief Engineer Renfro and his striker on watch. U.S. Engineer Dept. 1912
Jim Wood
Title
Jim Wood
Date
1917
Description
Photograph of steamer JIM WOOD run aground at Dam 33 near Maysville, Kentucky.

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