I. C. Woodward (Packet, 1898-1914)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: West Brownsville, Pennsylvania at Axton Yard, 1898
• BECAME: Virginia
• OWNERS: Pittsburgh, Brownsville and Geneva Packet Company; Pittsburgh, Brownsville and Morgantown Packet Company
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Monongahela River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2693; Built for Pittsburgh, Brownsville and Geneva Packet Company, which consolidated July 1902 with the "Mason Line" to become the Pittsburgh, Brownsville and Morgantown Packet Company; named for Captain Isaac C. Woodward. Her texas was lengthened aft in November 1898. She ran Pittsburgh-Morgantown, twice weekly 1898-1911. She ran one trip through to Fairmont, 1912, and ran excursions at Fairmont, October 1913; sold to New Albany, Indiana and converted into an excursion boat, renamed Virginia