Rock Island (Packet, 1870-1876)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1870 at Madison, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Cut down by ice at St. Louis on December 13, 1876
• OWNERS: Keokuk Northern Line
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain B. Bradbord (1873); James Gilkeson (clerk, 1873); Captain Alex Lamont (master, 1874); A.C. Jones (clerk, 1874); Captain Jerry Wood (master, 1871); M.B. Pierce (clerk, 1871); James W. Campbell (master, 1875); E.H. Thomas (pilot, 1875)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4809; Her machinery came from the Canada. In 1873 she was making trips from St. Louis to Cincinnati. In September 1873 the pilothouse burned off at Le Claire while she was tied there because of the fog. She continued on to St. Louis without the pilothouse