COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F20.029(ip).tif
Identifier:
MW.B4.F20.029(ip)
Title:
The Ohio In Winter
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Rivers -- Ohio River
Subject:
Steamboats
Subject:
Rivers -- Tennessee River
Subject:
Boatbuilding -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
River industry -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Ice
Description:
A page from Mary Wheeler's research with two photographs of the Paducah riverfront during the winter. The first photograph is of individuals walking across the iced Ohio River near Owens Island at Paducah, KY. Notice the paddlewheel in the lower right corner. The second photograph is of the sternwheeler RAPIDS (Way #4686) sinking in the ice at the Paducah Marine Ways during Dec. of 1917. According to Way's Directory, 1848-1983, the RAPIDS, a sternwheeler packet boat with a wooden hull (134.8 x 28.4 x 4.5) was built in 1905 in Grand Rapids, MI. She ran Grand Rapids-Grand Haven and Memphis-Arkansas River. Capt. Fred McCandless ran in her in Cairo-Paducah trade during 1914 and in 1915 , Capt. Peter Wilton, master and Lee Rohdes, clerk in the Cairo-Paducah trade. On December 12, 1917 she was lost in the ice at Paducah, KY as pictured here. Her machinery was used in the Paducah built, H.G. Hill. Also in this picture is the pilot house off of the sternwheeler RESCUE.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
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)
