RIVERBOATS
Starting With
The Initial "R."
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RIVERBOATS
Starting With
The Initial "R."
River Bend
Currier and Ives
From Picture This
New Information Added 07/21/2006
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1. Name: R.C. GUNTER Also See Post Card
Photo Donated by
Ken McCulloch
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet
Power: machinery came from J.T. WILDER
Size: 153' X 28' X 5.2'
Launched: 1886, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Destroyed: 1907-08, winter, St. Louis, dismantled
Areas: Later went to Ill. R.
1902, spring, at Kansas City running excurssions
Owners: Built by Chattanooga & Decatur Packet Company
1896, owner by St. Louis, Hardin & Hampsville Packet Company
1901, purchased by Eagle Packet Company
Captains: 1886, R.C. Gunter
1900, Alex Lamont
1902, Harry H. Monaghan, in Kansas City
Comments: While on Ill. R. snagged and sank to within 2' of roof. Raised.
: See Documents
1. Name: R. C. GRAY
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 156' X 32' X 5.2'
Launched: 1866, Shousetown, Pa.
Dismantled: 1874
Area: Tramp trade, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati, St. Louis
and often to St. Paul.
1870, Ark. R., Little Rock - Ft. Smith.
Owners: Capt. William B. Anderson, with others.
1874, Louisville & Arkansas River Packet Company operated her.
Captains: William B. Anderson
Comments: This boat was named for Capt. Richard C. Gray,
who was a principal founder of the Northern Line Packet Co.
: Way's Packet Directory mentions this boat as being a part of "Gray's Iron Line".
I suspect this was the common name for The Northern Line Packet Company - D.
Name: R. C. WOOD
Launched: 1850s?
Area: 1863, July: Miss. R.
Comments: 1863: Was troop carrier and hospital ship. Carried troops
from Helena Ark. to Memphis, TN.
: Source, Phil Di at HAPPYDI@aol.com
Name: R. DUNBAR/GENERAL CROWDER
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 160' X 29.4' X 6.4'
Power: Engines, 12- 1/2's- 4ft. Two boilers, each 42" X 18'
Launched: 1895, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1927, Jan. Slidell, Canulette Yard,
burned while being refurbished and renamed M.A. GRACE
Area: Built for upper Cumberland R. above Nashville
1914, under John Hubbard, Pittsburgh-Charleston trade
1918, As GEN. CROWDER under Liberty Transit Co., Pittsburgh-Charleston trade
1922-23, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
1923-26, Laid up at Wheeling, W. Va.
Owners: Built for Ryman Line
When Ryman Line failed purchased by Capt. Ralph Emerson
1914, sold to John W. Hubbard, Pittsburgh
1918, sold to Liberty Transit Company, Wheeling, W. Va.
1926, sold to Capt. William F. Bradford. New Orleans.
Captains: In later years as R. DUNBAR, Tom Ryman, Jr.
1918, W.L. Guthrie
1922, master, W.L. Guthrie; pilots, E. Dayton Brooks and Wm. F. Brookhart;
purser, Fred Way, Jr.
Comments: a very light drafted boat capable of big loads.
: Named for storekeeper Reuben Dunbar, at Greasy Creek, Ky.
: 1918, renamed GENERAL CROWDER
: 1922, extensively repaired, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va.
Name: R.J. LOCKWOOD
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 220' X 33'
Launched: 1858, New Albany, Ind for Capt. Lamothe for Missouri R. trade.
Destroyed: 1858, Mar. 4, New Albany, on trial trip. Cookhouse caught fire
and destroyed the boat. There were 60 or 70 excursion passengers
aboard. Boat was run ashore on Ky. side. Passengers all got off.
Owner: Capt. William P. Lamothe
Comments: Capt. Lamothe owned entire. Had no insurance.
1. Name: R.J. LOCKWOOD
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 210' X 34' X 5.', 418 tons.
Power: 15's- 5 ft., 3 boilers.
Launched: 1864, St. Louis, Mo.
Destroyed: 1865, Apr. 14, President's Island below Memphis, exploded
boilers. 25 lives lost.
Area: Mo. R.
Was Union Transport during C. War.
1. Name: R.J. LOCKWOOD
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 175' X 43' X 4.5'
Power: 15's-5ft. 3 boilers, each 36" X 24', from previous R.J. LOCKWOOD
Wheel: 17 1/2' dia. working 23 1/2' buckets
Launched: 1870, hull, Freedom, Pa. Completed, Pittsburgh
Destroyed: 1872, Feb 26, st. Louis, Lost in ice.
Area: 1870-72, Miss. R.
Owners: Contracted by Albert Conkel and William Kimber
: James Rees took over when above defaulted on payments
Captains: 1870-72, James Caghill
Companies associated with: 1870-72, was under Carter Line
Name: R. M. Johnson
Type: Size:
Launched: 1818?
Area: Miss. R.; Mo. R.
Comments: Was named after the 9th vice president of the U. S..
Was part of 1st expidition up the Mo. R to establish a
U. S. military presence at the mouth of the Yellowstone R..
Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly.
Name: R. H. W. HILL
Name: R.T. LOCKLAND
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: From The Diary Of Joseph T. Anderson, shopkeeper,
Commerce Mo.
- Thursday Night, March 28th, 1861. "Business dull.
Weather good. River rising. Boats plenty. . . . The
R.T. Lockland landed this morning about 6 o'clock, put off
five sacks coffee and one hogshead sugar for Messrs. Gaither
& Baker; three sacks coffee, 2 half barrels molasses and
one keg rice and 2 half barrels sugar for Jehlen Eversol
& Co.. . . . "
Name: R.R. DAWES
Areas: 1884, July, When he purchased, Capt. Leavitt proposed to run her
Marietta-Murrayville or Ravenswood-Parkersburg
Owners: *1884, July 5, Purchased by Capt. Charles P. Leavitt
Comments: Several mentions in this Document
Name: R. W. DUGAN
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 160' X 32' X 3.'
Power: Engines, 13-1/2's- 4 ft. (Came from SPRAY), 5 boilers, each 40" X 26'
Launched: 1873, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1878, Oct. 31, DeWitt, Mo., snagged and lost
Areas: At first, Cincinnati-Memphis
Soon was running Mo. R. St. Louis-Kansas City
1874, St. Louis-Rocheport, Mo
1876, St. Louis-Jefferson City, Mo.
Owner: Capt. Joseph Kinney acquired her early in her career.
1874, Capt. William L. Heckmann, Sr. acquired
1876, Jos. Kinney re-purchased
Captain(s): At first, Lon Bryson with Frank Bryson, clerk.
Soon after launching, Joseph Kinney
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
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