John L. Lowry (Packet, 1913-1920)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1913, Evansville, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned October 4, 1920 near Shawneetown
• OWNERS: Captain John L. Lowry
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John Lowry (master); ca. 1914: Captain Milt Harry (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River; Illinois River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3085; She ran the Evansville-Paducah trade. On March 17, 1919, she sank in a storm at Kincaide Landing, Illinois and was raised. In 1920 she was taking coal at Saline Mines, Illinois, near Shawneetown when she burned on October 4