Title
Preview
Photo Identifier
1983.0236.13.66.01
Creation Date
1940
Description and Location
ca. 1940
Steamboat Island Queen, Coney Island Inland Company, built Midland, Pennsylvania, 1925.
Burned fuel oil.
Exploded at Pittsburgh, Sept. 9, 1947, with loss of 19 lives (crew members only.)
Transportation Category
River (ferryboats, steamboats, towboats, wharfboats)
Media Format
Photographic print copy
Keywords
steamboats, Island Queen, Coney Island, Ohio River, Steamboat disasters
