Henry Sackman (Ferry, 1883-1918)

Date

• 1896

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Railroad transfer ferry
• BUILT: 1883 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled circa 1918
• OWNERS: Wiggins Ferry Company
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2605; Home port or owner's residence circa 1883, St. Louis, Missouri. Original price, $40,000. She was wrecked in the 1896 tornado at St. Louis but may have been rebuilt after that. She was dismantled around 1918
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The wreck of the Henry Sackman at St. Louis following the 1896 tornado