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The Steamer Susie
| 题名： | The Steamer Susie |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | In late 1897, Edmonds J. Howard, esteemed proprietor of the Howard Shipyards & Dock Company at Jefferson-ville, Ind., received what very likely was the most unique inquiry in the firm's existence. The Alaska Commercial Company, based at San Francisco, requested a bid for the construction of four wooden-hulled sternwheel steamboats (three packets and a towboat) to run on the Yukon River during the Gold Rush. Howard had copious boat-building contracts on his desk and replied with an outrageously high bid in the hope the Alaska folks would take their business elsewhere. To his surprise, an almost immediate reply accepted the proposal. The shipyard contract specified that the three passenger riverboats would be fabricated at the Howard yard, based on a design similar to the famed Ohio River packet Tell City (built by Howard in 1889) and would be 225 feet in length with a 40-foot width. Each vessel was priced at 825.000 (except the towboat. which was $12,000) with the cost of machinery not included and the cost of as- sembling the boats to be assumed by the owners. The Zier and Hegewald companies, both headquartered at nearby New Albany, Ind., provided the specifications for the engines and boilers. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 134 |
| 期： | 52 |
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