Lotus (Rafter/Towboat, 1893-1905?)

Date

• ca. 1900-ca. 1905

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rafter/Towboat
• BUILT: 1893 at Rock Island, Illinois
• OWNERS: Captain Frank L. Kennedy (1904); Mr. Knapp
• RIVERS: Green River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1636; She worked at the end of raft days, operating in the Rock Island area until 1903. In 1904 she operated out of Green River along with Captain Kennedy's City of Idaho. She was used to towing the palatial houseboat, Saratoga. Documented out of Paducah in 1905
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In the background, the Hershey is going downriver with a raft of logs. In the foreground, the Lotus is pushing a barge of clam shells upriver. Photo was possibly taken in Muscatine, Iowa