Steamboat Oronoco, later the Ben Franklin

Authors

Files

Collection

0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Date

1920

Description

Steamer "Oronoco", later the "Ben Franklin" at Red Wing, Minn., b&w. Back reads: Red Wing, Minn. Str Ornoco, later str Ben Franklin Received from Gary Gitlitz, owner of old Library restaurant, ca. 1980-1984 "Way's Packet Directory", p. 358, states originally built 1892 as a sternwheel wooden hull packet, named the "E. Rutledge" and then owned by the Dr. Mayo brothers and renamed "Oronoco" and converted to a personal pleasure boat in 1913. Sold 1921 to Ben Franklin Coal Co., in Moundsville, W.Va. and renamed "Ben Franklin"

Format

Photograph

Subject

Subject Terms: Red Wing, Minn. Boats Steamboats

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Identifier

1978.0227.02.21.01

Recommended Citation

"Steamboat Oronoco, later the Ben Franklin" (1920). 0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection. 152.
https://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_regional_photograph_collection/152