Goldenrod (Towboat/Lighthouse tender, 1888-1927)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Lighthouse tender
• BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by James W. and M. A. Sweeney, 1888
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Wrecked in a flood, 1927
• OWNERS: U. S. Engineering Department; Captain J. H. Williams; John Lyons
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Owen F. Jolly (master); W. C. Egon (master circa 1912); Captain Roy A. Miller (pilot); Harry Layfield (striker engineer, 1903; chief engineer, 1912); William Handley (engineer for 22 years); Captain Leslie T. Hill (master in later years)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Tennessee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2376; Goldenrod replaced the Lily servicing the government lights on the Ohio River and tributaries. Finally she was moored under the ice piers in Middleport, Ohio and in a flood she broke away and was lost, 1927