Idlewild (Steamboat)
| Description: |
Built in 1914 this boat went by the name Idlewild from that date to 1947. She then became the Avalon from 1947 to 1962 when she was dubbed Belle of Louisville. She is a shallow draft boat which enables her to glide over water that would not be deep enough for many boats to navigate. As the Idlewild she first ferried from Memphis to Hopefield Point, Arkansas. She hauled cargo in early life, also. She became an excursion boat in the 1920s and for some years she tramped along the Missouri and Ohio Rivers. Photograph taken circa 1945 |
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| Origin: | 1945 |
| Created By: |
Harry Lemen, photographer |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4038coll5/id/325 |
| 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. |
| Geography: |
Indiana-Jefferson County-Madison |
| Subjects: |
Steamboats Rose Island |
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