Chilo (Packet, 1905-1921)

Photographer

Hughes, Jesse P.

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1905 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia
• FORMERLY: M. P. Wells
• FINAL DISPOSITION: On the night of November 18, 1921 she was delivering freight at Lock 35 near New Richmond, Ohio and caught on a guidewall pin, tore a hole in the hull, and sank
• OWNERS: Greene Line, Cincinnati, Ohio
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1017; Built from the M. P. Wells. Long ran Cincinnati-Chilo, later extended to longer runs
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Chilo (right) and the Cricket (left)