COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.336(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.336(i)
Title:
Stw. Duquesne
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Steamboats
Subject:
Rivers
Description:
The sternwheeler DUQUENSE (Way 1374). According to Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, the DUQUESNE was a sternwheeler towboat (213.3 x 34.3 x 5.6) was built in 1887 in Cincinnati, OH under the name H.M. HOXIE. She was bought and the name changed to DUQUENES and used to transport coal from Pittsburgh, PA to New Orleans, LA. In 1915 she was taken to Pittsburgh, PA and eventually dismantled. Other unidentified boats appear in this photograph.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
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)
