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Steamboat Congo

Item

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Title

Steamboat Congo

Subject

Description

Men loading whiskey barrels onto the Steamboat Congo in Prestonville, Kentucky, during the fall of 1893. The captain was George H. Simpson of Madison, Indiana, and the clerk was Shuley Bradley. The Congo was a sternwheel packet that ran between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. She was built in Harmar, Ohio, in 1890. She collided with a barge and sank in 1896.

Creator

Source

Subject Photograph Collection, The Filson Historical Society

Date

Identifier

BOS-49

Citation

Unknown, “Steamboat Congo,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed May 1, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/284.