Montgomery (Snagboat, 1926-1985)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Snagboat
• BUILT: 1926 at Charleston, South Carolina
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Became a floating exhibit at the USE visitor center above the Aliceville Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigee Waterway at Pickensville, Alabama
• OWNERS: U.S. Engineering Department, Mobile District
• RIVERS: Apalachicola River; Chattahoochee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1866; She cost $200,232 in 1926. Operated on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee rivers. She was used in Panama City, Florida until circa 1982. In November 1982, she was offered for sale for $1 to various Mississippi River cities including La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1983 she went up the Mississippi (qualifying her as a Mississippi System vessel) from New Orleans to St. Francisville to take part in a movie