Lucy Coles (Towboat, 1881-1928)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1881 at Ashland, Kentucky
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank at the Marietta Manufacturing Company at Point Pleasant, West Virginia in November, 1928
• OWNERS: Ashland Coal and Mining Company; Captain E.P. Matthews
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1650; Acted as a harbor boat for the Ashland Coal and Mining Company. Later she towed the showboat Sunny South
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The boat in the middle is the Lucy Coles. The boat on the right is possibly the ferry, Ironton