Meter (Towboat, 1884-1924)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1884 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
• BECAME: Cal J. Neare
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Renamed
• OWNERS: Mississippi River Commission; Captain Walter G. Hougland (1913); Varians (1914)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Green River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1802; The Mississippi River Commission used her as a survey boat in Lake Providence Reach on the Mississippi River in 1887. In 1904 she was sold to private owners. On August 7, 1907 W.G. Hougland took full ownership of the Meter (previously co-owned by Hougland and T.A. Tichenor). In 1913 Captain Hougland used her to tow ties out of the Green River. In 1914 the Varians used her to tow stone at Dam 26 on the Ohio River