City of Helena (Packet, 1871-1885)

Date

• 1871

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard, 1871
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned February 18, 1885
• OWNERS: Anchor Line
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John McCord (master)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1078; Original price, $74,000. The City of Helena burned on February 18, 1885 at the Memphis wharf at 4:00pm. The fire also destroyed the Arkansas River packet Ida Darragh
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The City of Helena under construction at the Howard Ship Yard at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1871