THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 2ND ISLAND QUEEN In September - TopicsExpress



          

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 2ND ISLAND QUEEN In September of 1947 the Island Queen was sent upriver to Pittsburgh to do some tramping because business had been slow that year and the company needed to make up some revenue. She made four stops on the way to Pittsburgh one of which was Steubenville, where she refilled her oil tanks with 31,000 gallons. Upon arrival at Pittsburgh she tied up at the Monongahela River Wharf on the 6th of September. On September 9, 1947 at 1:16 p. m. Fred Dickow, the boats chief engineer lit a welding torch while trying to repair a broken stanchion located just above one of the oil storage tanks. The explosion that followed killed 19 crewmembers and injured 18 others. The long and storied career of the steamboat and Coney Island was ended forever.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:21:57 +0000

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