Ohio (Packet, 1909-1924)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1909 at Marietta, Ohio
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1924
• OWNERS: Captain Fred McCandless, Oliver Keibler, and L.C. Hibbs; Captain Selby Turner and George Ashby (1916); Captain Lewis Tanner (December 1916); Penick and Ford (1918)
• RIVERS: Kentucky River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4275; She replaced the Royal in the Paducah-Golconda trade. Sold in 1916 for the Madison-Louisville trade. After being sold to Penick and Ford, she also did work for the Royal Route at times. After she was dismantled in 1924 her equipment was used in building another Ohio
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Left to right: Lucile, Ohio