J. O. Cole (Sternwheel towboat, 1900-1923)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1900 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1923 at Paducah, Kentucky
• OWNERS: Crane Lumber Company; Captain Lewis Tanner; Fairview Mining Company (1917)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Jake Brooker (engineer)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Big Sandy River; Guyandot River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1283; Her engines came from the Iron Cliff. She towed logs from the Big Sandy and Guyandot rivers to Cincinnati. After she was purchased by Captain Tanner, she did contract towing on the Ohio River. On February 8, 1918 she was sunk in ice at Elizabethtown, Illinois. In 1920 she towed coal from Cairo to Vicksburg. After she was dismantled, much of her equipment went into the building of the W.L. Berry