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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

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Way's Steam Towboat Directory

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Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

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Way's Steam Towboat Directory

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Way's Packet Directory addendum

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Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

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Way's Steam Towboat Directory

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Way's Packet Directory addendum

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Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

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Vessel details

Way's Packet Directory:

0001	A. B. Chambers
Vessel type:	sidewheel packet
Hull/Tonnage:	wood, 225 x 33 x ? feet, 417 tons
Built:	1855-00-00 at Cincinnati, OH
Engines:	22's-6ft. stroke
Boilers:	5, 151 psi
Disposition:	Snagged 1860-09-24, Missouri River near St. Charles, MO
People:	Adam Black Chambers, namesake Capt. Jim Gormley, owner, 1855-1857 Had her built for Missouri River. Grant Marsh, watchman, 1855-1856 Winter, during the big ice. Capt. G. W. Bowman, master Master at the time of her sinking, March 1856. Capt. Alexander Gillam, owner, 1857-1860 Thompson McDavid, owner, 1857-1860 John Lee, owner, 1857-1860 Benjamin Courier, owner, 1857-1860 Samuel Clemens, pilot, 1858-1859 Winter, in Mississippi River trades. Capt. Alexander Gillam, master, ? Master when Chambers was lost, September 1860.
Events:	1856-03-25, above Atchison, Kansas: Snagged and sunk on her first trip up the Missouri River. Raised and sold.
Source(s):	Way's Packet Directory, p. 1

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