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Title
"
East
St
.
Louis
"
Subject
Excursion
steamer
;
Steamboats
;
Riverboats
; "
East
St
.
Louis
"; "
Virginia
"; "
Steel
City
"; "
Island
Belle
"; "
Greater
New
Orleans
"; "
Washington
"
Description
The"East
St
.
Louis
",
shown
here on
one
of her
excursions
, was
originally
built
as the "
Virginia
" in
1895
at
Cincinnati
and was
later
called
the "
Steel
City
". She was
renamed
the "
East
St
.
Louis
" in
December
1916
. At that
time
her
owner
was the
St
.
Louis
&
New
Orleans
Navigation
Company
. With
some
alterations
allowing
for
more
passengers
, she
entered
the
St
.
Louis
to
New
Orleans
trade
. In
1917
she was
turned
into an
excursion
boat
and
when
the "
Island
Queen
" and the "
Morning
Star
" were
lost
in
1922
, the "
East
St
.
Louis
" was
acquired
by the
Coney
Island
Company
and
renamed
the "
Island
Belle
" to
do
duty
for the
Coney
Island
trade
. She was
again
sold
in
1927
to the
Greater
New
Orleans
Amusement
Company
who
rebuilt
her and
named
her "
Greater
New
Orleans
". She
ran
excursion
for a
short
time
and was then
sold
to
Streckfus
Steamers
of
St
.
Louis
. The
company
dismantled
her,
using
her
boilers
on their
excursion
steamer
"
Washington
".
Creator
Unknown
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.
Identifier
"MJCPLriver5065-estlouis"
Source
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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