Vulcan (Towboat, 1910-1951)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1910 at Marietta, Ohio at the Hammitt yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired in 1951 and dismantled in 1952
• OWNERS: Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1912: Captain Henry Seidell (master); 1928: Captain Norman Jones
• RIVERS: Monongahela River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2550; On January 20, 1912 at 2:30pm she sank at the foot of Horsetail Riffle on the Ohio River. There was little water at the time and she hit a rock. She was changed from model bow to scow bow in a 1925 rebuilding. It was the third hull she had received. In 1928 she made at least one Memphis trip. She was rebuilt several times, the last time at Floreffe, Pennsylvania in 1940. She was retired in December, 1951 and dismantled at Floreffe, Pennsylvania in the spring of 1952