Greendale (Packet, 1909-1921)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1909
• BECAME: J. P. Davis
• OWNERS: Greene Line Steamers, Cincinnati; Captain John Davis (1921)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Jack Ward (master, 1912); Captain Gordon C. Greene
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Monongahela River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2445; Rebuilt from the sternwheel packet Cricket, with engines from the T. D. Dale; she was the low water boat for the Greene Line. In 1912 she tried the Pittsburgh-Fairmont trade with no success. In June, 1914 she tried the Marietta-Gallipolis trade, again with no success. She carried the roof bell formerly on the C. W. Batchelor; as of 1978, this bell was at the Ohio River Museum, Marietta, Ohio. Greene Line sold her in February 1921 to Captain Jack Davis, Fullerton, Kentucky, who rebuilt her into the J. P. Davis