Gasconade (Packet, 1891-1902?)

Date

• 1896

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Loutre Island, Missouri, 1891
• OWNERS: 1891: Captain W.L. Heckman, Sr. and family; U.S. Engineers and private parties; Tennessee River Navigation Company; 1901: Merchants of Decatur, Alabama
• RIVERS: Gasconade River; Missouri River; Tennessee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2205; She operated on the Gasconade River while owned by Captain W.L. Heckman, Sr. and others of the family. She also towed for the U.S. Engineers and private parties on the Missouri. Sold in early 1901 to the merchants of Decatur, Alabama for the Decatur-Riverton trade
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Gasconade near collapsed Gasconade bridge in 1896