"Julius Fleischmann"
Title
"Julius Fleischmann "
Subject
Steamboats ; Riverboats ; Coal ; Tugboats
Description
She was built as the "Dolphin No . 3 " at Jeffersonville , Indiana and was called the "Harry Anderson " for a brief period before receiving the name "Julius Fleischmann. " She was owned by the Hatfield Coal Company and towed between the Kanawha River and Louisville . She struck a rock and sank on the Kanawha on July 27 , 1930 . On that date the Madison Courier reported , "The steamer , Julius Fleischmann , coal towboat , owned by the Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Company , Cincinnati , sank in eight feet of water at Gallipolis , Ohio , yesterday after hitting an obstruction in Kanawha River near Lock No . 11 . The boat was valued at $100,000 . Capt . Loyal Wright , master of the steamer , the largest towboat operating in the Kanawha River fleet , said she could be refloated by divers . She was proceeding up the river with a tow of empty coal barges to be reloaded at the Plymouth Mines. " The "Julius Fleischmann " was raised and worked until 1945 when , on March 21 , the Courier announced , "The towboat Julius Fleischmann , bound upriver , capsized near the Ohio shore opposite lower Catlettsburg today . Charles Simmons , stationed at the repair terminal of the Ashland Oil and Refining Company , opposite the scene , said he saw a flash aboard the vessel just before it keeled over Captain W . D . Kimble of Portsmouth , Ohio , pilot of the vessel , said there were no casualties . Simmons said a tow of 12 barges had been anchored by several small vessels , which rushed to the spot. "
Creator
Harry Lemen, photographer
Contributors
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; Jefferson County Historical Society
Date
Picture taken circa 1920s
Type
Photograph
Format
Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.;
Scan of 3x5 photograph
Identifier
"MJCPLriver5076juliusf"
Source
The Madison Courier Way's Packet Directory
Rights
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.
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