Mercury (Towboat, 1899-1930?)

Date

• October 29, 1908

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1899 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• OWNERS: Mississippi River Commission; U.S. Engineering Department
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1797; Worked as a dredge tender. She was a duplicate of the towboats Mars and Venus. Still on the list in 1930
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In the canal at Vicksburg, Mississippi