 H. K. Bedford sinking on 29 February 1912. | |
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| Name: | H.K. Bedford |
| Operator: | Greene Line |
| Builder: | Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Launched: | 1886 |
| Acquired: | by purchase, 1890 |
| Fate: | Sank, 29 February 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 139 tons |
| Length: | 149 ft (45 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Depth: | 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) |
The H. K Bedford was a passenger and trade ship of the Greene Line.
It was built in 1886 at Jeffersonville, Indiana for trade along the Ohio River and upper Cumberland River. [1] In June 1890 she was purchased by Gordon C. Greene. [2] She was caught in an ice floe and sank on February 29, 1912 about 8 miles upstream from Marietta, Ohio. [1] [3]
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The H K Bedford, the beginning of the famous Greene Line of today was built in 1886 at Jeffersonville, Ind. for the upper Cumberland River trade; 149 1-2 ft long, 26 ft beam, tonnage 139. In 1890 she was purchased by Capt. Gordon C Greene from Tim Armstrong and George M Greene and brought to Newport, O., Capt. Greene's home. On June 20, H. E. Bevan, known as "Sandy," went aboard of her on this date and remained with Capt. Greene until Sept. 1896. ...
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By this morning it is expected that the hulk of the H. K. Bedford will be all that is left of a boat that has been plying the Ohio river for a great many years. Late Tuesday night while the boat was making its way from this city to Wheeling it met with a fatal disaster at a point a short distance below Waverly, on the Ohio side of the river that will probably forever put it out of business, as it was sunk in the river in such a manner that by the time the ice from the Allegheney river has passed down there will be little or nothing left of the boat above the water. ...
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