. Louis. Later she was sold to a contractor, used as a quarter boat and finally sank about 1934. There was a bald eagle that preceded this boat. She was built in 1879 at Madison, Indiana. She was 202.3 x 30 x 5.4 feet. She ran the St. Louis - Clarksville trade until 1895. During the cyclone of 1896 she broke loose, struck the middle pier of the Eads bridge, St. Louis, Missouri, and sank.
This is the boat I ride. It is the regular Illinois River Packet. After about the first of April, we will make two trips a week from St. Louis to Peoria. Tell May that it would be nice if she could make a trip, with us, on her honeymoon.
. Louis. Later she was sold to a contractor, used as a quarter boat and finally sank about 1934. There was a bald eagle that preceded this boat. She was built in 1879 at Madison, Indiana. She was 202.3 x 30 x 5.4 feet. She ran the St. Louis - Clarksville trade until 1895. During the cyclone of 1896 she broke loose, struck the middle pier of the Eads bridge, St. Louis, Missouri, and sank.
"Bald Eagle" - 1898 - 1934. See sister picture for description.
This picture was taken just above St. Louis MO up bound. "See" other picture for further description and data.
"There She Goes."
Comments by Courtney M. Ellis. Nashville Tenn. May-9-1960.