Sam Craig (Towboat, 1929-1957)

Date

• 1928

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1929 at Midland, Pennsylvania by Midland Barge Company
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1957
• OWNERS: 1929: Union Barge Line Company; 1948: O.F. Shearer and Sons
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1929: Captain John L. Kerr; Unknown dates: Captains Albert Carroll, Moten Stanley, Raymond Chambers, Homer Payton (masters)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2243; Sam Craig was named for the head of the Midland Barge Company who had died in an airplane crash in February, 1928
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: From the left: Sam Craig; J.D. Ayres; C.W. Talbot; hardly seen next to the Talbot is Atta Boy, and facing shore is the Majestic Showboat