Princess and Island Queen
| Description: |
The Princess and Island Queen are shown in the grip of ice during the winter of 1917-1918. The Island Queen surivived only to face the inferno at the Cincinnati docks on November 4, 1922. The Princess was lost when the ice gorge broke. She was swept down stream, her torn remains reaching Madison, Indiana and coming to rest just below the town. The inscription on the picture reads: Ohio and Kentucky Rivers 1918, record freeze. |
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| Origin: | 1918 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4038coll5/id/316 |
| Collection: |
River to Rail and Lemen Collection |
| Copyright: |
Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744. |
| Subjects: |
Ice gorge Ohio River Winter Steamboats |
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