"Water Queen" and "Grace Devers"
Title
"Water Queen " and "Grace Devers "
Subject
Showboats ; Tugboats ; Towboats ; Swanson , Gloria ; Stage Struck ; Calliopes ; "Grace Devers "; "Water Queen "
Description
The showboat , "Water Queen " was once host to, and co-star with, Gloria Swanson during the filming of 'Stage Struck '. The "Water Queen " looks like anything but a movie star while resting along side the levee at Madison , Indiana . She sank at her winter moorings in the mouth of the Kanawha River in West Virginia in 1939 . Her calliope was rescued and, by a circuitous route , wound up in the "Delta Queen " in 1958 . The "Grace Devers " is the tow for the "Water Queen ". The "Grace Devers " was built from the "C . C . Bower " after the "Bower " was salvaged at Rampey's Landing , Kentucky . She made many trips to and from cities up and down the river , including Evansville , Paduca and Nashville . She started towing showboats in 1925 . She acted as tow for the showboat "Cotton Blossom " for a time .
Creator
Harry Lemen, photographer
Contributors
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; Jefferson County Historical Society
Date
Photograph taken circa 1927
Type
Photograph
Format
Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scan of 3x5 photograph
Identifier
"MJCPLriver5135-gracedevers"
Source
Way's Steam Towboat Directory Mathew T. Patton "Dycusburg History Overview" at www.dycusburg.com, www.foxtail.com www.culture.org MJCPL Historical Files Harry Lemen Collection of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
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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