Davenport (Ferry, 1904-1929?)

Date

• ca. 1907

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Ferry
• BUILT: 1904 at Rock Island, Illinois
• BECAME: W.J. Quinlan
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Rebuilt during the latter 1920s and renamed
• OWNERS: Davenport and Rock Island Ferry Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Jacob Berger (chief engineer); Cypriano Buisson (captain, 1911); "Yank" Von Hein (2nd engineer, 1915); Frank Dillon (chief engineer, 1915)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1459; She ran Davenport-Rock Island. Rebuilt in the late 1920s and renamed W.J. Quinlan