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St. Louis' Namesake Harbor Boat
| 题名： | St. Louis' Namesake Harbor Boat |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | A recent acquisition is this excellent image of a steamboat that played a prominent role in the maintenance of the St. Louis waterfront for many years.Built in 1907 at Grafton, Ill., the sidewheeler had a steel hull that measured 188.5 feet in length by 32.2 feet in width. Four boilers supplied steam to engines having 20-inch cylinders with a 6-foot stroke.Constructed at a cost of $65,000, the boat was named Erastus Wells to honor a prominent citizen. Born in 1823 at Sacketts Harbor, N.Y., Wells moved to St. Louis in 1842 and established the first streetcar company.He also was an esteemed member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and served as president of the Missouri Railroad Company from 1859 until 1883. Wells was elected on the Democrat ticket to the United States House of Representatives in 1868; he unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 1876, but ran again in 1878, winning back the office and serving until 1883. After leaving office, Wells became president of the Laclede Gas Company. The father of St. Louis mayor Rolla Wells (1856-1944), Erastus Wells died at age 69 in 1893 and is interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 44 |
| 页码： | 14,13 |
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