Active (Towboat, 1916-1918)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1916 at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
• BECAME: Hecla (June 1918); then Reliance
• OWNERS: Pittsburgh Coal Company (1916); Hillman Transportation Company (March 1918)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0035; Engines from the Little Fred; The first of a series known as the "alphabet fleet" in which each new boat was to have a succeeding letter of the alphabet for the first letter of her name. Three were built: Active, Beacon, Conqueror
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Crew on deck