Charles P. Chouteau (Packet, 1877-1887)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1877 from the burned Carondolet
• FORMERLY: Carondolet
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Sunflower Landing, below Memphis, on November 22, 1887
• OWNERS: Captain W.H. Thorwegan (1877)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain W. H. Thorwegan; G. Miltenberger (clerk)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0962; After being rebuilt from the Carondolet, she entered the St. Louis-New Orleans trade. In the summer of 1878 she was lengthened and the cabin was altered to accommodate passengers. She became the longest sternwheel packet on the rivers, a distinction she retained until the building of the Mississippi Queen. She was built to carry cotton and during the cotton season ran Memphis-New Orleans. Her banner trip came in 1878 when on one trip she took to New Orleans 8,841 bales, second to the record of the Henry Frank. In the season of 1881 she delivered a total of 76,950 bales, the all-time record for one boat in a single season. She was one of the first boats seen at St. Louis with electric lights
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Interior cabin with people seated for dining