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Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

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sc.0462.011_003.003

Description

Sternwheeler "Sadie Lee" of the Lee Line being unloaded at the Memphis Landing on the Mississippi River, undated. Photographer: Coovert, Memphis, Tennessee.

Built in 1901, the boat worked the Memphis-Ashport trade and then Memphis-Vicksburg. She hit a log and sank at O.K. Landing, Mississippi, in 1910, was raised but sank again at Dennis Landing, Mississippi, in 1912 after hitting a snag.

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2021

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undated

Keywords

Steamboats--Mississippi River.

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