TY  - GEN
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)
AU  - Unknown
DA  - 1917
DA  - circa 1880-1917
ID  - 1529626
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
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jpg
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jpg
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jpg
LA  - eng
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jpg
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)
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
PY  - 1917
PY  - circa 1880-1917
T1  - The John S. Hopkins steamboat at the wharf in Evansville, Indiana
TI  - The John S. Hopkins steamboat at the wharf in Evansville, Indiana
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529626/files/3709.jpg
Y1  - 1917
ER  -