Dick Brown (Packet, 1893-1900)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Harmar, Ohio at Knox Yard, 1893
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Wrecked at Sedamsville, Ohio on June 23, 1900
• OWNERS: Browns; White Collar Line
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Kentucky River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1545; Operated by the Browns in local trades out of Huntington, West Virginia until sold to White Collar Line, Cincinnati. Her compound engines were built by Marietta Manufacturing; originally a single deck; a full cabin was added later. She ran Cincinnati-Kentucky River. She sank at Sedamsville, Ohio on June 23, 1900, and her machinery went to the towboat Robert Taylor