Riverfront at Peoria:
circa 1910
submitted by Janine Crandell |
 Excursion Steamer at Peoria:
circa 1910
submitted by Janine Crandell |
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Steamboat: Peoria: circa 1910
submitted by Janine Crandell |
Shady beach boat landing at Peoria
submitted by Janine Crandell |
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Cedar Street Bridge with Hiram Walker
in
the background: circa 1940's
submitted by Janine Crandell |
Steamer J. S. passing through
McKinley Bridge
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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Borealis Rex
owned by Don Dixon
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
Capital Steamboat
in dry dock: 1900
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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David Swain Steamboat: 1933
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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List of Steamboats
submitted by Steve Slaughter
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D. H. Pike Steamer: unloading
hogs at Peoria Stockyards
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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East St. Louis Steamboat at Peoria Lake
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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Flood of 1922: Eckwood Park
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
Idlewild Steamboat: 1942
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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Keystone Paddlewheel: 1895
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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Steamboat landing
Foot of Main & Hamilton Sts.
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
Majestic Steamboat: 1921
submitted by Steve Slaughter
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Lily Steamboat: 1898
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
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USS Red Rover: Union Army Hospital
Several Peoria citizens found their way to the Union Hospital ship USS Red
Rover through the Civil War. While no documentation can be found to suggest
that this ship ever sailed the Illinois River, many of Peoria's men found
themselves as "residents"
for a short period of time. For this reason, I include this
steamship in the history of Peoria.
Commissioned as USS Red Rover in December 1862, she was used for the
rest of the Civil War as hospital ship for the Mississippi Squadron. Her medical
complement included nurses from the Catholic order Sisters of the Holy Cross,
the first female nurses to serve on board a Navy ship. In addition to caring for
and transporting sick and wounded men, she provided medical supplies to Navy
ships along the Western Rivers. USS Red Rover was stationed at
Mound City, Illinois, from December 1864 until November 1865, when she was
decommissioned and sold.
submitted by Steve Slaughter |
