Express (Gas boat, 1909-1918)

Date

• 1918

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Gas boat/Towboat
• BUILT: 1909 at Harmar (Marietta), Ohio at the Knox Boat Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Cut down by ice at Wheeling, West Virginia in 1918
• OWNERS: Harry Smith
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Operated by Harry Smith as a low water boat for several years on the upper Ohio River
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Express being cut down by ice at the Wheeling Sand and Gravel Landing