The City Of Providence ws an Anchor Line boat built in 1880 . For the St. Louis and Natchez trade. She ws a side wheeler with a texas deck and was later made an excursion boat. Shown here from South St. Louis bluffs above the Iron Mountain railroad tracks as an excursion boat operated by Columbia Excursion Company, she finally sunk in a wreck at St. Louis January 20, 1910. A part of the City
The City of Providence was built in 1880 at Jeffersonville, Indiana for the Anchor Line. Her dimensions were:- 273.7 x 44.5 x 7.8 feet. Tonnage: gross and net, 1304 tons. She was comissioned for the St. Louis and Natchez trade. While ascending the Mississippi River, 75 miles above Memphis on June 17, 1888, the gib key on her larboard engine broke, letting the piston head and piston rod run
