Elsie (Towboat, 1889-1928)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1889 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Off the list by June 30, 1929
• OWNERS: U.S. Engineering Department, Rock Island, Illinois
• OFFICERS & CREW: W. H. Clark (pilot, 1915)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0730; Was assigned to Rock Island through 1919 and then to the St. Paul District. In 1925, she was brought back to Rock Island. She wintered in Fountain City, Wisconsin