Cary-Bird (Packet, Ferry 1925-1946)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1925 by Marietta Manufacturing Company at Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Hull went to a Ohio boat club in 1946
• OWNERS: 1925: Marietta Manufacturing Company; ? Ohio River Transit Company; November, 1936: Greene Line Steamers
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0895; The Cary-Bird ran as a ferry between Cairo-Bird's Point. Once the bridge was built there, she was sold and ran in the Cincinnati-Louisville trade until again sold in November, 1936
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Left to right: Cary-Bird; Henry Watterson; Robona