TY - GEN AB - The Tell City was constructed in 1889 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., for a contract price of $21,350. Named for the Ohio River town of Tell City, Ind., the wood-hulled vessel was 191 feet in length by 35 feet in width, with a depth of 5.2 feet. Three return-flue boilers provided steam for engines having 17-inch cylinders with a 7-foot stroke. The sternwheeler was built for the Louisville & Evansville Mail Line Company and originally had double swinging stages. Two round trips were made each week between the two cities, with connections being made at Louisville with the steamboats of the Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company to Cincinnati. (https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/07/17/a-recent-revelation-of-the-str-tell-city/) AU - Unknown DA - 1917 DA - circa 1889-1917 ID - 1529622 KW - Lakes, Rivers, and Streams KW - Ohio River KW - Boats and Ships KW - Business and Industry KW - Nature and the Environment KW - Photographs KW - Regional History KW - Related Materials -- 1901-1950 KW - Special Collections KW - Transportation L1 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529622/files/3705.jpg L2 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529622/files/3705.jpg L4 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529622/files/3705.jpg LA - eng LK - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529622/files/3705.jpg N2 - The Tell City was constructed in 1889 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., for a contract price of $21,350. Named for the Ohio River town of Tell City, Ind., the wood-hulled vessel was 191 feet in length by 35 feet in width, with a depth of 5.2 feet. Three return-flue boilers provided steam for engines having 17-inch cylinders with a 7-foot stroke. The sternwheeler was built for the Louisville & Evansville Mail Line Company and originally had double swinging stages. Two round trips were made each week between the two cities, with connections being made at Louisville with the steamboats of the Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company to Cincinnati. (https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/07/17/a-recent-revelation-of-the-str-tell-city/) PB - University of Southern Indiana PY - 1917 PY - circa 1889-1917 T1 - Steamboat The Tell City TI - Steamboat The Tell City UR - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529622/files/3705.jpg Y1 - 1917 ER -