Alma (Towboat, 1898-1929)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Leavenworth, Indiana, 1898
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Cairo, Illinois, January 1929
• OWNERS: John F. Klein
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John F. Klein; Captain Parker
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Missouri River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0113; Alma chartered to Massman Construction Company in 1928; Captain Parker lost his clothes in the 1929 fire
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Alma with tow Stanley an excursion barge and passengers on decks