Jewel (Packet, 1893-1910)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Evansville, Indiana, 1893
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Evansville on February 2, 1910 while lying in ice harbor near mouth of the Green River, Kentucky
• OWNERS: Captain J. B. Thompson and others
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3014; Ran Evansville-Henderson, replacing the Royal
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Boat in center is the Jewel; unidentified steamer in back is sitting next to Kanawha Dock Company building with some logging operations nearby