Majestic (Excursion boat, 1915-1922)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
• BUILT: 1906 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• FORMERLY: S. S. Brown; Rees Lee
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned in winter quarters on the Illinois River in May, 1922
• OWNERS: Captain Peters Lee and Captain D. Walter Wisherd
• OFFICERS & CREW: Thomas Bruce (engineer, 1917); Austin Joyce (master, 1917); Captain Frank Hazlett (master, 1921); Clinton Crichfield (chief engineer, 1921)
• RIVERS: Illinois River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3712; Converted into an excursion boat in 1915 and renamed the Majestic. On her main deck was a miniature scenic railroad and a merry-go-round. She ran New Orleans to the upper Mississippi. After she burned, her hull was converted into a cargo barge and used to haul cotton until she sank