Nashville (Packet, 1910-1922)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1910 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• BECAME: Southland
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Rebuilt in 1922 and renamed
• OWNERS: Parminters; Nashville Trust (1918); Williams Brothers (1919)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Shep Green (master, 1917); Harry D. Sayre (clerk, 1917)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4100; She was built for the Evansville-Nashville trade and later ran Paducah-Nashville. Circa 1909, her home port or owner's residence was Nashville, Tennessee. Original price, $22,850. In June 1918 she was retired due to high labor costs and the scarcity of coal. After being purchased by Williams Brothers in 1919, she ran Louisville-Stephensport-Evansville
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Nashville is the first boat from the right. Boats behind her are not identified