Kennedy (Packet, 1901-1914)

Date

• 1903

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1901 at Lyons, Iowa
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned in the St. Johns River, Florida on February 24, 1914
• OWNERS: Heckmanns; Florida East Coast Railroad (circa 1906)
• RIVERS: Missouri River; Mississippi River; St. Johns River; White River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3257; The Heckmanns ran her out of Batesville, Arkansas on the White River carrying railroad supplies to Buffalo Shoals. They later returned her to the Missouri River and she was at St. Louis during the 1904 World's Fair. She was reported to be the fastest sternwheeler that ever operated on the Missouri River. The Florida East Coast Railroad took her to the Florida Keys about 1906
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Docked on the Missouri River at Hermann. A locomotive and train cars are on the right