COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
mediaCollectionId
McCracken~13~13
Mary Wheeler Collection
Collection
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Filename:
MW.B4.F21.323(i).jpg
filename
MW.B4.F21.323(i).jpg
Filename
false
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.323(i)
identifier
MW.B4.F21.323(i)
Identifier
false
Title:
Stw. Destrehan
title
Stw. Destrehan
Title
false
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
creator
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Creator
false
Subject:
Steamboats
subject
Steamboats
Subject
false
Subject:
Boatbuilding -- Paducah (KY)
subject
Boatbuilding -- Paducah (KY)
Subject
false
Subject:
Stw. Destrehan
subject
Stw. Destrehan
Subject
false
Subject:
Sternwheelers
subject
Sternwheelers
Subject
false
Subject:
Industries -- Paducah (KY)
subject
Industries -- Paducah (KY)
Subject
false
Description:
Port side of the sternwheeler DESTREHAN at the Paducah Marine Ways. According to Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, the DESTREHAN (Way #T0594), a sternwheeler towboat with a steel hull (133.9 x 32 x 5.4), was built by the Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, W.VA. in 1922. Originally owned by the Pan American Petroleum Company of New Orleans, it was later bought by the American Rolling Mill Company and her name changed to the CHARLES R. HOOK.
description
Port side of the sternwheeler DESTREHAN at the Paducah Marine Ways. According to Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, the DESTREHAN (Way #T0594), a sternwheeler towboat with a steel hull (133.9 x 32 x 5.4), was built by the Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, W.VA. in 1922. Originally owned by the Pan American Petroleum Company of New Orleans, it was later bought by the American Rolling Mill Company and her name changed to the CHARLES R. HOOK.
Description
false
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
publisher
McCracken County Public Library
Publisher
false
Date:
Circa 1935
date
Circa 1935
Date
false
Type:
Still Image
type
Still Image
Type
false
Format:
Image/TIFF
format
Image/TIFF
Format
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
coverage
Lower Ohio River Valley
Coverage
false
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
rights
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Rights
false
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)