Clyde (Rafter, 1875-1941)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rafter/Towboat
• FORMERLY: Clyde (Sidewheel rafter/towboat)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled, 1941
• OWNERS: 1875: Captain J.M. Turner and Captain A.F. Hollinshead; 1886: Turner and Law of Lansing; 1895: Captain Frank Fugina of Winona, Minnesota; by 1919: Arrow Transportation Company; by 1941: Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1875-1884: "Dick" Dixon (Dickson?) (pilot); 1889-1895: Captain Merrill Looney (master/pilot); 1896: John Hoyt (captain), Milt Newcomb (engineer), Sam Serene (2nd engineer); 1897: Frank Wittenhall (pilot); 1898-1910: Captain Isaac Newcomb (master/pilot); 1928: Captain J. Wylie Leek (master), Frank Voight (pilot), Boyd Hardesty (chief); 1933: Captain Frank Voight (master), George Smith (pilot), Jesse Dougle (chief engineer)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Tennessee River; Ohio River; St. Croix River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T051; The sidewheel rafter, Clyde, was converted in 1875 to a sternwheel keeping her name. The conversion was done at Dubuque, Iowa by Captain J.M. Turner and Captain A.F. Hollingshead who ran logs for the Empire Company and the Standard Lumber Company. While under the ownership of Captain Frank Fugina, she was chartered to the United States Engineering department. When Arrow Transportation Company bought her, she was transfered to work on the Tennessee River. On November 12, 1919, the Clyde made a trip to Pittsburgh to tow new Allegheny River barges south. On November 9, 1933, she sank at Paducah, Kentucky in wind swells. Arrow Transportation Company was planning on abandoning her at that time but changed their minds and rebuilt her. Sold to the Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company, she made her last trip in October, 1941. At that time she was cut down to a single deck
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Clyde at dock with cargo of lumber