U. P. Schenck (Packet, 1876-1888?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1876 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• BECAME: Longfellow
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Lengthened and renamed sometime after 1888
• OWNERS: Ulysses P. Schenck and A.K. Schenck
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain J. Lawrence Carter (master); R.C. "Dick" Burns (clerk)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5485; Her engines came from the James Hale and later from the Pat Rogers. She ran Cincinnati-New Orleans. In 1878 a full length cabin was added on at Cincinnati
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At Madison, Indiana