Majestic (Excursion boat/Packet, 1914-1914)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat/Packet
• BUILT: 1890 at Harmar, Ohio at Knox Yard
• FORMERLY: Keystone State (1890)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Hit an intake tower or pier and was lost at Chain of Rocks above St. Louis on the Mississippi River in June, 1914
• OWNERS: Captain D.W. Wisherd
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Frank Gill (master, 1914); Captain Steve Withrow (pilot, 1914); John Pearson (pilot, 1914); A.J. Mason (chief engineer, 1914); Tom Posey (mate, 1914); Edgar Wisherd (purser, 1914)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3711; She was built into an excursion boat at Peoria in early 1914 by Captain D.W. Wisherd
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The wreck of the Majestic