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The Sidewheeler Emma Duncan
| 题名： | The Sidewheeler Emma Duncan |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | Named for the daughter of a Cincinnati furniture manufacturer, the side-wheel packet Emma Duncan was built in 1860 at Pittsburgh. Constructed on a wood hull measuring 180 feet in length by 34 feet in width, the vessel cost $27,000. Three boilers supplied steam to engines having 24-inch cylinders with a 6-foot stroke. The side-wheels were 28 feet in diameter with bucket planks 8 feet in length. The riverboat was owned by Capt. F.Y. Batchelor, who initially operated it in the Cincinnati-St. Louis trade, later changing to the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh run. Records state that the Emma Duncan transported supplies for the U.S. Army during the Civil War, under the command of Capt. Stanton Batchelor. This week's Old Boat Column image, taken at Cincinnati, clearly shows Army wagons lined up on the landing. The vessel was reportedly under charter to the government in the fall of 1862, when it was ordered to go to Louisville and referred to in official correspondence as a gunboat. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 18 |
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