Eliza (Towboat, 1896-1920?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Howard Boat Yard, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 1896
• OWNERS: 1896: Belmont Coal Company, Bellaire, Ohio; unknown dates: Empire Coal Company, Bellaire, Ohio; Alvin Sand Company, Pittsburgh; September 25, 1917: John F. Klein; October, 1917: Walter G. Hougland, Evansville, Indiana
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0705; The Eliza cost $3,700 and was named for the mother of Captain Scott Heatherington
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Eliza with tow