W.B. Duncan (Rail ferry, 1881-1931)

Date

• ca. 1900-1910

Publisher

Missouri, Cape Girardeau: E.C. Woody

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rail ferry
• BUILT: 1881 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Boat Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired 1931
• OWNERS: 1881: Illinois Central Railroad
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5622; She was named for W. Butler Duncan. Her original cost was $50,000; her insurance value increased over the years and by 1913 she carried $70,000 of insurance. Every couple of years she was docked and kept in tip-top shape. She served many points: Metropolis, Vicksburg, Helena and retired in 1931
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: W.B. Duncan docked