Photo taken 1925 at Pittsburgh during her last days.
The third KATE ADAMS (1899-1927) was built by the Howard Shipyards Company at Jeffersonville, Indiana, for the Memphis and Arkansas Packet Company. Her steel hull was 240 ft. long, 40 ft. beam, 7 ft. hold, having eighteen water-tight compartments. Her over-all width was 80 ft. Each stateroom had a colonial-arched entranceway. She made her
Burning Excursion Str. ISLAND QUEEN after explosion at a Pittsburgh wharf September 1947. Fuel tanks exploded resulting in the destruction of the boat and loss of 19 lives.
