H. G. Hill riverboat excursion

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1922/07/04

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Felix G. Woodward Library

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A sternwheel packet. BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel BOAT TYPE: Packet BUILT: 1918 at Paducah, Kentucky FINAL DISPOSITION: During the 1927 flood she was beached across a highway at Wooddale Grove above Nashville OWNERS: Captains W.L. Berry and Fred McCandless (Nashville Navigation Company) OFFICERS & CREW: Captain R.D. Crider; J. Wylie Leek (purser) RIVERS: Kentucky River; Cumberland River OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2487; Her engines were from the Rapids. She was named for a wholesale grocery owner in Nashville. Ran Paducah-Nashville. In 1935 her engines went to the Barbara Hunt

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Paddle steamers

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