Lyda (Towboat, 1903-1918)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1903 at Jeffersonville, Indiana at Howard Ship Yard
• BECAME: William P. Fieger
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Purchased by the Feiger Dredging Company and renamed in 1918
• OWNERS: Holcomb, Lobb Tie Company; Captain George M. Street (1911); Walter G. Hougland (1914)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Emory Voight (master); Captain John A. Armstrong (master, 1905)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1665; Home port or owner's residence circa 1903, Paducah, Kentucky. Original price, $3000. Her engines came from the Park Painter No. 2. In 1914, she was sold to Walter Hougland for $2400