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原文传递 Str. Betty Turner Was Also An Early Hines Boat

题名：	Str. Betty Turner Was Also An Early Hines Boat
正文语种：	eng
作者：	CAPT. DAVID SMITH
摘要：	Continuing in the vein of last week's column, we will look at another steamboat that was an early member of the Hines fleet. The stern-wheel steamer Betty Turner was built at Paducah, Ky., in 1930. Neither Way's Steam Towboat Directory nor the early editions of the Inland River Record carry much information on this boat. Way's makes no mention of the builder while the 1946 IRR states that it was built by West Kentucky Coal Company. Both publications give the dimensions of the wood hull as 100 by 24 by 3.4 feet, and a horsepower rating of 210 with no further description of the machinery. They also only show it as owned by James R. Hines & Company, Bowling Green, Ky. A check of the List of U.S. Merchant Vessels indicates the Betty Turner was first owned by Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company, Pine Bluff, Ark. Pine Bluff had a history dating back to 1913 when it began with one small boat. Following the great flood of 1927, the company did a great amount of structure recovery and construction work for the Corps of Engineers, and perhaps this business is what prompted the acquisition of the Betty Turner.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	37
页码：	14,13