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The Bessie E. Merrill For Christmas
| 题名： | The Bessie E. Merrill For Christmas |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CAFT. DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | Capt. Steve Pearson recently shared with this writer a photo of the Str. Bessie E. Merrill that was in a frame along with a poem written by Mrs. Charles Wamsley, whose husband had been a fireman on the Merrill. Steve says that he was gifted this some years back by Capt. Charles H. Stone at Christmas.The Bessie E. Merrill was built at Jeffersonville, Ind., by Howards in 1911 as the General Craighill for the U.S. Engineers. It was first in the Wheeling District and later transferred to the Louisville District. According to Way's Steam Towboat Directory, the boat was a sternwheeler with a steel hull 133 feet by 28 feet. According to Engineers documents, the contract price on the boat was $27,550. Way's makes no mention of the machinery, but a notation on an Engineers photo taken in June 1932 indicates that the engines were 12s, 5-foot stroke, each rated at 135 hp. The notation also gives the information that it had two Peter Jensen Company Western Rivers-style boilers allowed 215 pounds pressure, and that the sternwheel was 14 feet, 8 inches in diameter and 18 feet, 6 inches in width. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 38 |
| 页码： | 70,69 |
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