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Title
"
Carmania
"
Subject
"
Carmania
";
Steamboats
;
Riverboats
;
Excursion
boats
Description
The "
Carmania
" was
built
at
Newport
News
,
Virginia
in
1896
and was
originally
of
Mexican
registry
called
the "
Tlacotalpan
".
After
being
sold
to
Mobile
,
Alabama
she
rammed
a
dock
and
killed
some
50
people
. She was then
renamed
"
Margaret
". She was
bought
to
Louisville
in
1914
where
Harry
Means
ran
her as an
excursion
boat
. She was a
bit
of an
oddity
on the
river
as she was
built
as an
ocean-going
vessel
. In
1918
she was
registered
in
Philadelphia
and in
1923
in
New
York
. The "
Carmania
"
foundered
at
Fall
River
in
1924
. She
got
the
name
"
Carmania
" at
Louisville
where
she was
operated
by the
Louisville
and
Jeffersonville
Ferry
Company
. The
inscription
on the
picture
is
as
follows
, "
American
Boys
Annual
Outing
,
Madison
,
Ind.-July
23
,
1914
.
given
by The
Marks
&
Benson
Co.
",
evidently
an
annual
tradition
.
Creator
Unknown
Contributors
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; Jefferson County Historical Society
Date
Photograph dated 1914
Type
Photograph
Format
Original: tif, scanned at 600dpi. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scanned image of an 8 x 10 black and white photograph
Identifier
"JCHSV00053"; "MJCPLV00053a"
Source
Jefferson County Historical Society
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
Historical files
Inscription on photograph
Way's Packet Directory
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Please contact at 615 W. First St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2335
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