Charon (Ferry, 1889-1929)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Ferry
• BUILT: 1889 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania by Axton yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Hooked a mooring pin on the outside wall at Lock and Dam 23, Ohio River and was wrecked, March, 1929
• OWNERS: Bellaire, Benwood & Wheeling Ferry Company
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0977; She ran Bellaire-Benwood. In 1902 she was sent downriver to the docks for repairs and on the return trip hit the foot of Grape Island, December 18th, and sank. She returned to the docks for repairs. In 1929, in tow of the ferry Ruth Ann en route downriver from Bellaire, she hooked a mooring pin on the outside wall at Lock and Dam 23, Ohio River and was wrecked
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Horses and wagon on bow