Dixie (Towboat, 1912-1917)

Date

• 1915

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: New Albany, Indiana in 1904, as the Marie; renamed Nellie before 1907; renamed Dixie after June 30, 1911
• FORMERLY: Nellie; before that, Marie
• OWNERS: Walter P. Needham
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0615; Originally the Marie, built in 1904 at New Albany, Indiana; renamed Nellie circa 1907; her owner Walter P. Needham renamed her Dixie after June 30, 1911. Mr. Needham had built the showboat American in 1910, and this was towed by the Dixie until she sank at Keokuk Lake on the Mississippi River at Montrose, Iowa in June, 1915. She was raised and remained on the lists into 1917
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Being towed into Keokuk dry dock