Alabama (Packet, 1912-1934)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1912
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Rebuilt into a quarter boat in 1934
• OWNERS: St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: J. O. Tayon (Captain)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Tennessee River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0096; Ran the Paducah-Shiloh trade in 1929, the last regular steam packet on the Tennessee River. Was in the Cincinnati-Louisville trade under charter to the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company, in spring of 1931. Chartered to George Partin, Memphis, in 1932 for the Memphis-Caruthersville trade. Was retired soon after and made into a quarter boat
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: On the river, crew on deck