Frank Gilmore (Towboat, 1883-1906)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Brownsville, Pennsylvania in the Pringle yard, 1883
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled, 1906
• OWNERS: 1883: Captain John Gilmore; 1892: T.M. Jenkins and Company; 1894: W.H. Flint
• RIVERS: Monongahela River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0831; She was built by Captain Gilmore to tow coal out of the Monongahela River. T.M. Jenkins and Company owned her in 1892 and sold her to W.H. Flint in September, 1894 for $13,000. She continued to tow coal until dismantled in 1906
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The J.T. Hatfield (left) and Frank Gilmore (right) at the Hatfield, Indiana landing. Full tows