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Riverboat America at Wheeling, 1920s

Riverboat America at Wheeling, 1920s

AMERICA

America, 1920s

America was built in 1917 as a packet. She was converted to an excursion boat in 1923 and operated principally out of Louisville. In 1923 she made a trip to Pittsburgh. She burned in 1930. .(Way's Packet Directory)

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