Henry Frank (Packet, 1878-1884)

Date

• April 2, 1881

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: At Mack Yard, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1878
• FORMERLY: Machinery came from AJAX
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Davis Creek Island, October 2nd, 1884
• OWNERS: Captain J. Frank Hicks
• OFFICERS & CREW: October 28, 1878: Captain J. Frank Hicks, Alfred Grissom (clerk)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2593; She was a large cotton carrier designed for the Memphis-New Orleans trade. First trip made on October 28, 1878. On April 2, 1881, she brought to New Orleans the largest cotton cargo ever handled by a packet, having on her decks 9,226 bales, plus 250 tons of other freight. This was the greatest trip brought in by any cotton carrier on a single load. She burned at Davis Creek Bend, 22 miles above New Orleans, on October 2, 1884
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Photo taken on Saturday, April 2, 1881 at New Orleans. She had just arrived carrying 2,500/2,600 tons of cargo, 9,226 bales of cotton. It was the largest load ever packed on any boat