Tempest (Packet, 1874-1880?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION:Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Wheeling, West Virginia, 1874
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Laid up in the Muskingum River above Lock #1 one winter, got caught on a falling river and broke in two
• OWNERS: Davis family; Captain Fred Kimpel
• OFFICERS & CREW: M. B. Davis (clerk); Captain Fred Kimpel (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Muskingum River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5334; Ran Wheeling-New Martinsville, West Virginia for the Davis family. Captain Fred Kimpel ran her Wheeling-New Matamoras, Ohio for a while. She broke in two one winter when the river fell while she was laid up in the Muskingum above Lock #1
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At Marietta, Ohio, in winter; the Tempest is boat in front on left, with unidentified packet lying behind her; the packet Chesapeake is on the right