Jack Frost (Towboat, 1881-1906)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1881 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Beached at Willow Run, Covington, Kentucky and rotted down
• OWNERS: Huse and Loomis Ice and Transportation Company; Captain T.J. Hall; St. Louis and Mississippi Valley Transportation Company
• RIVERS: Illinois River; Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1312; Her engines came from the Major Anderson. She transported winter ice from Illinois and upper Mississippi rivers to St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. In fall 1902, she made a trip to Pittsburgh for Captain Tom Hall and was caught by low water at Sewickley, Pennsylvania. She remained there several weeks and then took down a coal tow. Some sources say that she burned at Gallipolis, Ohio in October 1914
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At the Willow River Landing in winter