Burnadina King (Towboat, 1896-1909)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1896 at Parkersburg, West Virginia at Lewis Pope and Sons dock
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned and sank at Evansville, Indiana in July 1909
• OWNERS: J. R. King; B. and O. Railroad; Peter H. Johnson and John E. Woods of Evansville (April, 1908)
• RIVERS: Little Kanawha River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0306; She towed a transfer barge for the B. and O. Railroad in the LIttle Kanawha River for some time. Totally destroyed by fire, origin unknown while lying at Evansville, Indiana. Loss $3000
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Burnadina King on the Little Kanawha River pushing a barge carrying a train engine and two cars at Parkersburg, West Virginia