Pacific No. 2 (Towboat, 1893-1915)

Photographer

Barrette, Thornton

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1893 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired circa 1913
• OWNERS: Pacific Coal Company; Combine (1900)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Joe Gould (master); Captain Ab Gould (master); Captain Sam J. Reno (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1988; Her machinery came from the Lioness No. 2. After the Pacific No. 2 retired about 1913, she lay in the Monongahela River boneyard for several years. In 1920, her hull was used as a wharfboat and later as a freight barge at Pittsburgh. In July 1920, Follansbee Brothers used the hull to haul cement