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Aug 17, 2017 · The Kate Adams — actually the third riverboat with that name — was built in Pittsburgh in 1898. The big sidewheeler was 240 feet long, with a pair of tall stacks, three grand decks, and a main cabin stretching more than 175 feet that was lighted with electric chandeliers — quite a novelty at the time.
Aug 4, 2011 · Way’s Packet Directory has the following history of the KATE ADAMS (the first) as follows; built Sewickley, PA, 1882. 250 feet long x 37 foot width x 8 foot draft. Five boilers . Boat built entire under contract to James Rees & Sons., Pittsburg. Built for Maj. John D. Adams and named for his wife. He headed the Memphis & Arkansas City Packet Co..
Dec 31, Logansport Pharos: “Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 31. – Local Inspectors…have almost completed their investigation of the Kate Adams steamboat disaster. From statements made by William Blanker, the first clerk of the boat, they find that the Adams had 197 persons on board when she took fire.
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Jan 29, 2009 · Elisha Evins, b, 1841, was one of the pilots on the Kate Adams. He was married to Lizzie Gist of Shelby Co TN. He died in 1895. They named a daughter Kate Adams Evins. After the 1927 fire only the hull of "The Lovin' Kate" survived. The hull was converted into a barge which sank at Memphis in a violent storm in 1931.
Sep 5, 2013 · That name, Kate Adams, comes from a steamboat which was named for the wife of a prominent Memphis citizen and entrepreneur, Maj. John D. Adams. There were three boats named Kate Adams, results of ...
The Kate Adams, built in 1898 (the third boat of that name), was the fastest and best equipped on the river, and one of the most successful - with her steel hull, she survived until 1927. At one time, she was under the command of famed Captain Grant Marsh .
