Louise (Packet, 1882-1893)

Photographer

Barrette, Thornton

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1882 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned and lost at Coal Grove, Ohio, January 17, 1893
• OWNERS: Unknown date: Bay Line
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1885: Captain Howard Donnally, William Armstrong (clerk); Unknown date: Captain A.J. McAllister, C.C. Dusenberry (clerk), E.L. Curtis (2nd clerk), Charles Barton (mate), John Bailey (engineer), John Steel (steward)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Kanawha River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3586; Early on she ran Marietta-Parkersburg-Charleston under Captain Howard Donnally. At one time, Collis P. Huntington and party were on an inspection tour of the C&O right-of-way from Huntington to Cincinnati. In 1888 she took freight from the sunken Boone at Pine Creek, Ohio and then took the Boone's place in Cincinnati-Charleston trade. She burned and was lost at Coal Grove, Ohio on January 17, 1893
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Passengers on decks; Deck hands loading cargo