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The Steamer Tell City
| 题名： | The Steamer Tell City |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | Well-known on the Ohio River was a pretty packet boat that was popular in the annals of steamboating. The Tell City was constructed in 1889 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., for a contract price of $21,350. Named for the Ohio River town of Tell City, Ind., the wooden-hulled vessel was 191 feet in length by 35 feet in width, with a depth of 5.2 feet. Three return-flue boilers provided steam for engines having 17-inch cylinders with a 7-foot stroke. The sternwheeler was built for the Louisville & Evansville Mail Line Company and originally had double swinging stages. Two round trips were made each week between the two cities, with connections being made at Louisville with the steamboats of the Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company to Cincinnati. This writer had paternal ancestors residing in Kentucky who rode the Tell City (and later the Southland) to and from New Albany. The ownership was reorganized in late 1902 to become the Louisville & Evansville Packet Company. The Tell City, under the command of Capt. Fred Zoll, often ran in conjunction with the steamer Tarascon. The company failed in 1910 and was reorganized as the Louisville & Evansville Transportation Company with F.A. Laidley as president and T.A. Williams as superintendent. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 40 |
| 页码： | 14,13 |
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