Wm. R. King (Towboat, 1899-1930)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1899 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
• BECAME: Charles Norvell
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to Patton-Tully Company circa 1930 and renamed
• OWNERS: USE
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain W.C. Wilcox (master); R. Guy Walker (pilot); Joe Vince (chief engineer)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2680; Owned by USE, St. Louis. In 1927 she was chartered by Philadelphia and Cleveland Coal to tow coal between Cairo and St. Louis. On the first trip she burned boilers and was returned to USE. Sold and renamed about 1930