Red River (Packet, 1889-1907)

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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel

BOAT TYPE: Packet

BUILT: 1899 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard

FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank February, 1907 on the Cumberland River

OWNERS: 1899: Red River Packet Company; 1904: Cumberland River Packet Company

OFFICERS & CREW: 1903: Captain H.M. Carter

RIVERS: Mississippi River; Red River; Cumberland River

OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4700; Original cost of the Red River was $12,000 in 1899. She once was sunk from overloading at Alexandria, Louisiana under Captain H.M. Carter, ca. 1903. 1904 She was purchased by the Cumberland River Packet Company and ran on the Cumberland River until she sank in February 1907

PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Red River after sinking

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Recollection Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Sternwheel packets
Packets
Mississippi River
Red River
Cumberland River
Steamboat disasters
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