Fallie (Towboat, 1894-1921)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Axton yard, 1894
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, March, 1921
• OWNERS: 1894: McKinley Coal Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 1900: The Combine
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1917: Captain Frank Wilkins (master), Gordon Shaw and Charlie Sprecknagle (engineers); 1900: Captain Isaac J. Greenlee (master); 1920: Dave McDonald and Holmes Harger (pilots)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River; Monongahela River; Gulf of Mexico
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0794; The Fallie was named for Miss Fallie McKinley and cost about $23,000. She had a series of mishaps: February 13, 1917 she sank near Sunnyside, Monongahela River in ice; March 28, 1917 the dam went out as she was being locked through Lock 4, Monongahela River; Capsized in sight of the Jetties of the Gulf of Mexico, March, 1921. She was towing the Enterprise from Pittsburgh to Mexico and had just started across the Gulf
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Fallie with tow