TY - GEN N2 - The John S. Hopkins, a sternwheeler packet boat with a wooden hull (200 x 35.3 x 6) built in Sewickley, PA and finished in Pittsburgh, PA in 1880 docked at the Evansville Wharfboat. It was owned by the Evansville, Paducah & Cairo Mail Line and run by Paducahans, Capts. Joe and Dick Fowler among others. After being damaged by fire in 1882 she was rebuilt at Cincinnati, OH. In April 1912 she was converted into an excursion boat by Capt. J.B. Thompson of Evansville, IN. She burned after being laid up in the Green River in January 1917. The John S. Hopkins spent the majority of her years running in the Evansville-Paducah trade. (http://digitalcollections.mclib.net/luna/servlet/detail/McCracken~13~13~1484~2619:Stw--Royal-and-Stw--John-S--Hopkins) AB - The John S. Hopkins, a sternwheeler packet boat with a wooden hull (200 x 35.3 x 6) built in Sewickley, PA and finished in Pittsburgh, PA in 1880 docked at the Evansville Wharfboat. It was owned by the Evansville, Paducah & Cairo Mail Line and run by Paducahans, Capts. Joe and Dick Fowler among others. After being damaged by fire in 1882 she was rebuilt at Cincinnati, OH. In April 1912 she was converted into an excursion boat by Capt. J.B. Thompson of Evansville, IN. She burned after being laid up in the Green River in January 1917. The John S. Hopkins spent the majority of her years running in the Evansville-Paducah trade. (http://digitalcollections.mclib.net/luna/servlet/detail/McCracken~13~13~1484~2619:Stw--Royal-and-Stw--John-S--Hopkins) T1 - The John S. Hopkins steamboat at the wharf in Evansville, Indiana DA - 1917 DA - circa 1880-1917 AU - Unknown L1 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jp2 PB - University of Southern Indiana LA - eng PY - 1917 PY - circa 1880-1917 ID - 1529626 L4 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jp2 KW - Local History 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 TI - The John S. Hopkins steamboat at the wharf in Evansville, Indiana Y1 - 1917 L2 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jp2 LK - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jp2 UR - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jp2 ER -