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The Silver Moon
| 题名： | The Silver Moon |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | The steamer Silver Moon was notably a unique vessel. The boat was designed and built specifically to fit into the short locks of the Louisville & Portland Canal.Constructed in 1859 at Cincinnati, the wooden hull measured 184 feet in length by 39 feet in width, with a depth of 7.5 feet. Three boilers supplied steam to engines having 22-inch cylinders with an 8-foot stroke. The paddlewheels were 26 feet in diameter with bucket planks 11 feet in length.The riverboat was owned by the Cincinnati & Memphis Packet Company, of which Capt. James Bugher was superintendent; his brother, Capt. John Bugher, was master of the Silver Moon. Another sibling, Capt. A.H. Bugher, was in command of the packet Glendale, owned by the same line.When Fort Sumter was fired upon,starting the War Between the States, the Silver Moon was the last boat to depart Memphis before the Mississippi River was closed to traffic. As the boat ascended the Ohio River, it was given a festive reception at many landings. When Cincinnati was reached, the boat's calliope (visible between the smokestacks) played "Home Sweet Home."Records list the packet as being at Pittsburgh for the first time in 1862 as a cargo was loaded for St. Louis. When the Lower Mississippi was again opened to traffic, the Silver Moon resumed its usual Cincinnati-Memphis trade. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 45 |
| 页码： | 37-38 |
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