Alert (Towboat, 1885-1908?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1885 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• OWNERS: Mississippi River Commission (1898); United States Engineering Department at Gasconade, Missouri; J.E. Baker (1903-1908)
• RIVERS: Missouri River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0076; Three boilers; built by James T. Duffy who sold her (1886) to the Missouri River Commission; in October 1898, she burst a steam line at Bonhomme, Missouri injuring engineer and mate; sold by the United States Engineering Department at Gasconade, Missouri in April 1903 to J.E. Baker who took her to Mobile, Alabama where she towed a freight barge and did packet work, etc.; still registered in 1908 at Mobile, Alabama; homeport or owner's residence ca. 1885, Nashville, Tennessee; original price $14, 561
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Young women on shore