S. L. Elam (Packet, 1913-circa 1918)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1913 at Slidell, Louisiana
• BECAME: General Wood
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Rebuilt and renamed circa 1918
• OWNERS: Carter Brothers; Liberty Transit Company (1918)
• RIVERS: Red River; Ouachita River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4897; Originally had a patented Kidney boiler which was replaced in 1915 with three return-flue boilers. Named for Judge Elam of Natchez, Mississippi. She ran on the Red River at first and later she ran on the Ouachita between New Orleans and Camden. In December 1915 she snagged and sank in the lower Red River. She made one trip, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati, under the name S.L. Elam after being sold to the Liberty Transit Company in 1918. She was then rebuilt and renamed General Wood