Emily (Ferry, 1891-19??)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Ferry
• BUILT: 1891 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• BECAME: Dixie Bee Line
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to Henderson Ferry Company and renamed
• OWNERS: Charles Griffith (1901); S.B. Goucher (1902); Captain William Manley and C.W. Dickens (1913); Captain John Davis
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1808; Home port or owner's residence circa 1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Original price, $7,440. Originally operated at Kenova, West Virginia from a special wharfboat. In July-August 1901 she ran between Wheeling and Sisters Island where an amusement park was located. In April 1902 she was sold and then ran between Wellsville and Congo. In February 1913 she was sold to Captain Manley and C.W. Dickens at Bellaire, Ohio. She was later sold to Captain Davis of Fullerton, Kentucky and she then ran from there to Portsmouth. She was sold again to the Henderson Ferry Company and renamed Dixie Bee Line
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In the foreground is the Emily. The Fleetwood is in the background. Both are at Jeffersonville