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John D. Grace (Packet, 1917-1930)

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BOAT DESCRIPTION: SternwheelBOAT TYPE: PacketBUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard, 1917FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled spring 1930OWNERS: Bradford Transportation Company, Donaldsonville, Louisiana; Sherburne Transportation Company, Plaquemine, Louisiana; Captain W. A. Bisso, Bisso Towboat Company (1930)OFFICERS & CREW: Hymel and Pintado (pilots, 1921)RIVERS: Mississippi RiverOTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3053; Ran New Orleans-New Iberia; immortalized by Roark Bradford in a series of magazine roustabout stories. Captain W. A. Bisso had her dismantled and engines went to towboat TylerPHOTO DESCRIPTION: Loading cargo onto the John D. Grace
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Cargo Handling
  3. Mississippi River
  4. Packets
  5. Sternwheel Packets

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