J. S. Deluxe (Excursion boat, 1919-1939)

Date

• September 22, 1928

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
• BUILT: 1896 at Dubuque, Iowa
• FORMERLY: Quincy (1896)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at St. Louis in the winter of 1938-39
• OWNERS: Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Verne Streckfus (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2882; She was entirely rebuilt into a "deluxe" excursion boat by Streckfus Steamers in 1919. She handled the carriage trade at St. Louis until July 4, 1934 when the President came out. Often worked on the upper Mississippi and was well known at all towns up to St. Paul, Minnesota. In June 1934, she was on the Ohio River to Parkersburg, West Virginia and in 1935 she went to New Martinsville, West Virginia
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Members of the Crescent family picnic posing in front of storefronts, this photo is part of a panorama see also Steam10888 and Steam10890