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The Str. Piasa Honored An Indian Tribe
| 题名： | The Str. Piasa Honored An Indian Tribe |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | Originally named Mary S. Blees, the handsome sternwheeler Piasa was built in 1899 at Mobile, Ala., on a wooden hull that measured 170 feet in length by 34 feet in width, with a depth of 4.6 feet. The engines had 16-inch cylinders with a 7-foot stroke. The riverboat ran in the Mobile-Tom-bigbee River trade until broker John Klein took the boat to New Orleans, where it operated in the run to Baton Rouge during the autumn of 1914. In early June 1915, the vessel was sold to William Ruprecht of St. Louis, who carried out various alterations, including removal of the cotton guards. With Capt. Milt Harry as master, the Blees operated between St. Louis and Beardstown, on the Illinois River, competing with the Eagle Packet Company. To acquire an auxiliary boat and to eliminate the competition, the steamboat was purchased in early 1917 by the Eagle Packet Company and renamed Piasa to pay tribute to an Indian tribe. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 19 |
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