America (steamboat)
| Description: |
The America was built at Jeffersonville as a packet boat. Her hull and machinery came from the Indiana which had burned at Cincinnati on May 1, 1916. She was later remodeled to a full-fledged excursion boat operating mostly out of Louisville. She burned during winter lay-up above Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1930. Arson was suspected. |
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| Origin: | 1920 |
| Created By: |
Harry Lemen, photographer |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4038coll5/id/402 |
| 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: |
Steamboats |
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