H. M. Hoxie (Towboat, 1887-1906)

Date

• April 1906

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1887 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• BECAME: Duquesne
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Exploded her boilers at Portland, Ohio on April 8, 1906, was raised, rebuilt and renamed Duquesne
• OWNERS: St. Louis and Mississippi Valley Transportation Company; Combine (1904)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John H. Long (master); Elmer Owrey (pilot, 1901); Harry Davis (pilot, 1901); Captain James Woodward (1906)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1020; Towed grain to New Orleans. After being sold to the Combine, she towed coal out of Pittsburgh
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The wreck of the H. M. Hoxie