Greater Pittsburgh (Excursion boat, 1928-1931)

Date

• 1929

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
• BUILT: 1914 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard
• FORMERLY: Homer Smith
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Manchester on Pittsburgh's north side in April 1931
• OWNERS: Pittsburgh Amusement Company (1928)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2442; Was renamed in 1928 when purchased by the Pittsburgh Amusement Company. She ran excursions out of Pittsburgh and carried dignitaries to Cairo during the 1929 celebration for the completion of the Ohio River locks and dams. She ran up a dock bill at Paducah, had Depression troubles, and burned rather mysteriously in 1931
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Photograph taken during the 1929 dam celebration parade