Taric (Towboat, 1935-1947)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1904 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• FORMERLY: H. St. L. Coppee
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1947
• OWNERS: Raymond City Coal and Transportation Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Rolla F. "Dusty" Rogers (master, 1935); Dana O. Wright (chief engineer, 1935); Herb Stanley (2nd engineer, 1935); Captain Francis Wright (master); Captain Harold B. Wright, Jr. (master, 1942)
• RIVERS: Kanawha River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2391; Originally the USE towboat H. St. L. Coppee, she was bought at public sale in 1935 and renamed. She towed coal from the Kanawha River to Louisville