Henry Harley (Packet, 1898-1917)

Date

• 1898

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: By Howard Boat Yard, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 1898
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Lost in a storm and heavy ice, January 13, 1917
• OWNERS: 1898: Captain J.R. Handly and family; Later: Ryman Line
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1898: Captain William T. Hunter (master)
• RIVERS: Cumberland River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2595; She was named for a Nashville merchant and cost $11,750. She ran Nashville-Burnside. Under ownership of Ryman Line, she was laid up at Nashville when they took bankruptcy in September 1916. She was blown ashore in a storm and heavy ice, January 13, 1917 and lost
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Left to right: City of Memphis; Gem; Henry Harley. Finishing construction at Howard Ship Yard, Jeffersonville, Indiana