Steel Queen (Towboat, Ferry, 1901-1926)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat, Ferry
• BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard, 1901
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Woods Run, Pennsylvania on October 16, 1926
• OWNERS: Pressed Steel Car Company, Woods Run/McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Scott R. Dawson (master, pilot circa 1902); Captain Joe McLaughlin (master); Captain C. R. Ford (master); Richard Simms (chief engineer)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5188, T2338; Contract price was $11,675; built pond style, she later had upper deck enclosed with glass. She towed for Pressed Steel Car Company and also ferried plant personnel between McKees Rocks, Woods Run, and Bellevue, Pennsylvania. Her pilot in 1902, Captain Scott R. Dawson, was secretary of Harbor 25. She got a new hull in 1924. After she burned at Woods Run on October 16, 1926, the hull was raised by the Enterprise Contracting Company but was not rebuilt