Margaret Hall (Towboat, 1933-1941)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Originally built in 1901 as the Gazelle
• FORMERLY: 1901-1905: Gazelle; 1905-1922: Clerimond; 1922-1933: Kosmosdale
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank while moored along Owen's Island at Paducah, Kentucky on August 7, 1941
• OWNERS: 1933: T.J.Hall Company; 1937/38: M.L. French Coal Company; Chartered to Captain Birch McBride; ca. 1939: Captain Charlie Roberts
• RIVERS: Tennessee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1718; While chartered to Captain Birch McBride there was a U.S. Marshal sale at Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia which resulted in Captain Charlie Roberts owning her with a $1,000 bid. In 1939 she towed the showboat Hollywood and in 1940 she towed the Cotton Blossom. U.S. Inspectors crossed her out when she was laid up at Paducah. While moored along Owen's Island at Paducah, she sank on August 7, 1941
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The engine room on the Margaret Hall