Steamship Tragedy

In 1838 the steamship Irvington, carrying 200 bales of cotton on a downstream run, burned and sank four miles upstream from here. This 115 foot side-wheeler was constructed in 1836 in Marion, Indiana. These boilers and parts were dredged from the river about where the Irvington went down and probably represent her remains. The ship's short life on the river came during the early part of the Apalachicola steamship period. Later over 200 ships worked the river as far north as Columbus, Georgia.

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