J. C. Risher (Towboat, 1873-1919)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1873 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank at the Dravosburg, Pennsylvania bridge about 1919 and was dismantled
• OWNERS: J.C. Risher and Company; S.S. Crump and W.H. Crump; Combine (1900)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Dan Woodward (master, 1904)
• RIVERS: Monongahela River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1238; She went over Dam 1 on the Monongahela River in high water in February 1899 with two coalboats. The coalboats sank. After the J.C. Risher sank in 1919, the U.S. Engineering Department tore out the wreck