F.J. O'Connell (Towboat, 1891-1901?)

Date

• 1901

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882 as the W.B. Cole
• FORMERLY: W.B. Cole
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Still running in 1901
• OWNERS: 1891: Chicago Lumber Company; Shortly thereafter: Captain Ed Hacker and Ben Hart
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0781; The Chicago Lumber Company (later known as the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company) did not keep her long. In May and June of 1901, she brought Coxey's Army up the Ohio River
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The F.J. O'Connell in 1901 towing part of Coxey's Army up the Ohio River to Washington to protest food shortage