City of St. Louis (Excursion boat, 1881-1898)

Photographer

Norwalk, M.

Date

• ca. 1870-ca. 1879

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
• BUILT: Wayzata, Minnesota 1881; hull built at Jeffersonville, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled 1898
• OWNERS: W. D. Washburn (circa 1881); Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company (1889)
• OFFICERS & CREW: John R. Johnson (Captain); Captain W. G. Teneer (pilot); Lou MacDonald (pilot); Herbert L. May (pilot); George B. Hopkins (chief engineer)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Built at Wayzata, Minnesota 1881; hull built at Jeffersonville, Indiana; operated on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota; first inland vessel of the U.S. to be lighted by electricity
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: On Lake Minnetonka (or White Bear Lake) in the 1870's