Leona (Towboat, 1929-1941)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1929 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (hull); completed at Charleroi, Pennsylvania
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Charleroi, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1941
• OWNERS: Captain R.J. Hiernaux
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Phil C. Elsey (master/pilot, 1931); Captain Walter C. Booth (master, 1936)
• RIVERS: Muskingum River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1571; Named for the daughter of Captain Hiernaux. Her machinery came from the sand digger Progress. She was used on contract towing. In 1931, she worked for the U.S. Corps of Engineers tending a dredge near Lock 14 on the Ohio River. In the summer of 1933, she towed coal from Wheeling to Philo, Ohio. In the fall of 1936, she towed gas for Standard Oil, Pittsburgh-Huntington and Charleston. Later, she towed coal for American Rolling Mills Company until she burned her boilers. As replacement steel was not available, Captain Hiernaux dismantled her in 1941