David Swain (Packet, 1906-circa 1930/1935)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Stillwater, Minnesota, 1906
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Vidalia, Louisiana, early 1930's
• OWNERS: Swain Line; Captain George Prince (1922)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Percy Swain (master); Captain Houston (pilot)
• RIVERS: Illinois River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1469; Built in 1906 by David Swain; operated by the Swains on the Illinois River, Captain Percy Swain, master. She was the last sidewheel packet on the Illinois. Sold in September 1922 to Captain George Prince for the Vicksburg-Natchez trade, replacing the sunken Percy Swain, she was the last packet in that trade. She was dismantled at Vidalia, Louisiana in the early 1930's
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At the wharf in Beardstown, Illinois; from left to right: screw propeller cargo boat Francis; sidewheel packet David Swain; sternwheel packet City of Peoria