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Boats of the
St Louis & Tennessee River
Packet Company
Most of these pictures are from the family's personal collection.
Some were purchased from the Murphy Library Collection at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

City of Florence
City of Florence

Way's # 1070
Built: Pre-1882
Acquired: 5/1886
Sold: Late 1890

Built as Sam J Keith


W.H. Cherry
W.H. Cherry


Way's # 5634
Built: 1882
Acquired: 2/1887
Sold: Late 1890

John Gilbert
John Gilbert


Way's # 3066
Built: 1881
Acquired: ?
Sank Oct 1888


Boat was Chartered
Boat behind Silver Cloud

Judith
Judith


Way's # 3170
Built: 1881 or 2
Acquired: 4/1888
Sank July 1888


Only known picture

Clyde
Clyde


Way's # 1201
Built: 1880
Acquired: 3/1888
Sank 1893


First boat with this name

Picture
City of Savannah


Way's # 1135
Built 1889
Acquired: New
Sold: 5/1896


First boat with this name

City of Sheffield
City of Sheffield


Way's # 1137
Built: 1890
Acquired: New
Sold: 3/1901

City of Paducah
City of Paducah


Way's # 1116
Built: 1891
Acquired: New
Sank 5/1901

Clyde
Clyde


Way's # 1202
Built: 1894
Acquired: New
Sold: Late 1914


Second boat with this name

Tennessee
Tennessee


Way's # 5339
Built: 1897
Acquired: New
Sold: 7/1907


Sank in the Mo. River

City of Memphis
City of Memphis


Way's # 1102
Built: 1898
Acquired: New
Sold: 3/1910


Burned 1/1912

Mayflower
Mayflower


Way's # 3884
Built: 1887
Acquired: 3/1899
Sold: 9/1899


Acquired by merger

Picture
Will J. Cummins


Way's #5792
Built: 1894
Acquired: 3/1899
Sank: 4/1901
Acquired by merger

Edgar Cherry
Edgar Cherry


Way's # 1710
Built: 1894
Acquired: 3/1899
Sold: 3/1900


City of Clifton
City of Clifton


Way's # 1068
Built: 1899-00
Acquired: New
Burned 2/1903


Originally being built for Lee Line.

Shiloh
Shiloh


Way's # 5097
Built: 1902
Acquired: New
Sank: 12/1913


Sank under charter to another company

Picture
J.T. Reeder


Way's # 2890
Built: 1902
Sold: 3/1911

Picture
City of Savannah


Way's # 1136
Built: 1902
Acquired: New
Sank: 12/1911


Second boat of this name

Picture
Kentucky


Way's # 3267
Built: 1904
Acquired: New


Rebuilt into the 
Tennessee Belle 1922

Picture
City of Saltillo

Way's # 1134
Built: 1905
Acquired: New
Sank: 5/1910

Picture
City of Florence

Way's # 1071
Built:1909
Acquired: 1912?
Sank: 2/1913


Acquired from T. Reeder
Second boat by this name

Picture
Saint Louis

Way's # 4951
Built: 1912
Acquired: New
Sank: 9/1918

Picture
Alabama

Way's # 96
Built: 1912
Acquired: New
Sold: 6/1932

Picture
Speed


Way's # 5162
Built: 1886
Acquired: 1913?
Sold: 2?/1916

Picture
Tom C. Powell


Way's # 5411
Built: 1915
Acquired: New
Sank: 1/1924

Picture
Paducah


Way's # 4377
Built: 1916
Acquired: New
Sold: 2/1931


Picture
Robert Rhea


Way's # 4796
Built: 1908
Acquired: 1/1919
Sold: 8/1927


Picture
Tennessee Belle


Way's # 5341
Acquired: Early 1923
Sold: 7/1927

Rebuilt from Kentucky

Picture
Jane Rhea
Diesel Towboat
Built: Spring 1927
Acquired: New
Sold: 8/1942

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