S. P. Gillet (Towboat, 1901-1917)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1901 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
• BECAME: A. F. MacArthur
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to the McArthur-Hamger Construction Company in 1917 and renamed
• OWNERS: Evansville Contracting Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Matthew Erwin
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2216; Worked around dams under construction on the Ohio River. She was active at the building of Lock 3 at Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The engine room on the S.P. Gillet