Nauvoo (Towboat, 1915-1936)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1915 at Grafton, Illinois
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold in November 1936 to Charles Zubik who dismantled her
• OWNERS: U.S. Engineering Department
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Howard West; Captain John R. Douglass (master)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1896; Worked for the USE, Rock Island and operated on the upper Mississippi until May 1934 when she was transferred to the Ohio River, Huntington District. In January 1935 she went on a USE mission to Lock 2 on the Big Sandy River. After she was dismantled, her engines were sold and went on the Mildred; the boilers went to the Waucouta in 1943
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In dry dock, the last docking of the season. From left to right: General Allen, Nauvoo, Muscatine