Winifrede (Towboat, 1903-1920)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1903 at Marietta, Ohio
• BECAME: C. F. Colbert
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Rebuilt and renamed in 1920
• OWNERS: Winifrede Coal Company; John Lyons (1914); National Transportation Company (1920)
• RIVERS: Youghiogheny River; Kanawha River; Monongahela River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2695; While her engines were being installed during construction, she was cut down by ice and sank up to the roof at Marietta, Ohio. She towed coal out of the Kanawha River until 1914 and then was sold. The new owner kept her under the ice piers at Middleport, Ohio for several years before finally selling her to the National Transportation Company in Pittsburgh. She was cut down pool style and then towed Monongahela River coal. On October 13, 1920 she sank at the Tin Mill on the Youghiogheny River above McKeesport, Pennsylvania. She was rebuilt and renamed C.F. Colbert