D. T. Lane (Towboat, 1908-1937)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Dana, West Virginia 1908
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Dana, West Virginia in October, 1937
• OWNERS: Campbell's Creek Coal Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain William H. Patrick (master); Wesley Summerfield (pilot)
• RIVERS: Kanawha River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0550; Had engines from the prior D. T. Lane; although both of these boats had pilothouses on the roof, the second D. T. Lane had her cabin cut off short forward. Captain William H. Patrick long was master, with Wesley Summerfield pilot. Inherited from the earlier D. T. Lane, her whistle was a small, two-toned one with a high pitch; part of it was lost overboard September, 1926; she then acquired the old J. T. Hatfield "wildcat". She was retired at Dana, West Virginia and sank there in June, 1934 but was raised and lay out of operation for another year or so. She finally was dismantled in October, 1937, ending 66 years of a D. T. Lane on the Kanawha River
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Sunk