Princess (Towboat/Packet, 1882-1901)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Packet
• BUILT: 1882 at Harmar, Ohio by Knox
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Caught in a storm in Beaver Shoals, Ohio River on June 22, 1901 and sank
• OWNERS: Captain Thomas Prince; Captain Brady Morgan and Captain Gordon C. Greene
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain James B. Campbell (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Muskingum River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2074; 4593; Started her career as a packet and ran Wheeling-Bellaire. After she sank at Bellaire on May 1, 1887 she was altered into a towboat and then ran on the Muskingum River. After she sank in 1901, the wreck was purchased by Captain T.J. Garlick who dismantled her