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The Ben Hur Was Accident-Prone
| 题名： | The Ben Hur Was Accident-Prone |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | The sternwheel packet Ben Hur was built by the Knox Boat Yard at Harmar (Marietta), Ohio, in 1887, the same year as the founding of The Waterways Journal. Constructed on a wooden hull measuring 165 feet in length by 30.5 feet in width, the boat initially came out in the Pittsburgh-Parkersburg trade. Three boilers supplied steam to engines (16-inch cylinders with 5.5-foot stroke) that were recycled from the towboat Ed Hobbs. The three-chime whistle formerly served on the packet George Strecker (1880-1887) and was made by a farmer who lived near Waverly, W.Va. The whistle later was used on the packets Bessie Smith, Liberty and finally on the tow-boat Mildred; it resides today in the collection of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. During the boat's first season, it trans- ported the John Robinson Circus on a river tour. Capt. Fred Kimpel was master with Capt. Monroe "Doggy" Cross and Capt. Bert Cramer, pilots. By the summer of 1904, the steamboat was owned by the Mississippi River Amusement Company of St. Paul, Minn., where it served as an excursion boat. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 50 |
| 页码： | 14-14 |
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