John Quill (Packet, 1907-1928)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1907, Jeffersonville, Indiana at Howard Ship Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Last trip: Mobile to Twelve Mile Island, February, 1928 where she possibly sank
• OWNERS: Quill and Moore
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Tombigbee River; Alabama River; Mobile River; Warrior River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3099; On June 12, 1916 she hit a rock in Warrior River and sank 15 feet. In February, 1928, on what was termed her last trip, a tug towed her from Mobile to Twelve Mile Island. Another source indicates that she sank at that point