J.M. Bowell (Towboat, 1882-1909

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1882, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Axton Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, March, 1909
• OWNERS: 1882: George R. Bower; November 1899: Evansville Towboat Company; ca. 1907: Captain Charles McNutt
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John F. Rust (master); March, 1908: Captain Pete Lallance (master)
• RIVERS: Monongahela River; Kanawha River; Green River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1266; She towed on the Monongahela River,1890's she towed out of the Kanawha River and in November, 1899 she was sold to Evansville Towboat Company. She sank on Green River within one mile of Mammoth Cave in January, 1907. She was back on the Kanawha under command of Captain Pete Lallance by March, 1908. In March, 1909, she burned at Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia along with the Emma Marie