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Photo Identifier
1978.01.0236.01.03.14
Creation Date
1900
Description and Location
ca. 1900
Sidewheel steamboat Thealka.
A sidewheel, batwing, steamboat built Paintsville, Ky., 1899.
Boat was supposed to have been named “The Alka” after the captain’s daughter, but painter ran the two words together.
Still running in 1902.
Transportation Category
River (ferryboats, steamboats, towboats, wharves)
Media Format
Photographic print copy
Keywords
steamboats, Big Sandy River, Thealka, Batwing boats
