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The Wenonah Wheel Mystery
| 题名： | The Wenonah Wheel Mystery |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | With the demise by fire of the Gold-enrod Showboat in late 2017, an unsolved question remains concerning the big pi-lotwheel that was long displayed in the lobby area of the famous floating theater.When removed from the derelict show-boat, along with numerous other artifacts destined for a proposed river museum, it was noted that the wheel is of the double-circle variety and is not the pilotwheel of the steamer Wenonah, which long served as the towboat for the Goldenrod and Hollywood Showboats, both operated by the Menke family. (The Old Boat Column showcased Capt. Bill Menke in the WJ'sMarch 8 issue.)The towboat Wenonah was built in 1907 at Rumsey, Ky, as the Little Clyde,owned by the Joyce-Watkins Tie Com-pany. Constructed on a wooden hull that measured 98 by 20 by 4.5 feet, the vessel did towing work on the Green River and was chartered for a time to tow French's New Sensation Showboat.The Arrow Transportation Company chartered the boat and ran it on the Ten-nessee River from Sheffield to Riverton,moving barges of pig iron, from 1923 to 1927. In early 1927, the owners sold the towboat to John Klein, who subsequent-ly sold the sternwheeler to Miller Con-struction Company of Bowling Green,Ky. Capt. James Speck was master of the boat during its tenure on the Green River.Later sold to Capt. J.W. Menke, the Wenonah finished its career towing show-boats, tying up permanently with the Goldenrod at the St. Louis levee in the autumn of 1937. Over the next decade,the faithful old steamboat, which served as additional living quarters for crew/ troupe members and to furnish steam for heating and lights, became increasingly dilapidated and leaky. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 3 |
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