The General Pike at Madison, 1891
The Ferry Ruth
Ferry Boat Trimble
and
Wharf at Milton, 1928
(The Trimble was built in Madison by Joseph Abbott in
1895. and ran until the bridge opened.)
The Ferry Trimble
The ferry Trimble, in the ice
The Margaret S, c. 1930
The Margaret S Pushing the hull of the Trimble
The Hattie Brown leaves Madison
The Hattie ran daily from Madison to Carrollton, and
Warsaw.
The Steamboat Kentucky, near Milton
left, The Cincinnati, in Milton
right, The Louisville, in Milton
Harland Hubbard's shanty boat
The Belle of Milton was an earlier ferry between Milton and Madison, but sank
in the ice on Christmas Eve, 1872. The Belle of Milton was preceded by
the
Prairie Bird, and succeeded buy the J. C. Abbott. The
Trimble followed the J. C. Abbott,
and the Trimble was followed briefly by the Margaret J.
On October 23, 1929 - 6 days before the stock market
crash - President Herbert
Hoover visited Madison. The pictures below were all taken on that day.
Note the
half built bridge across the Ohio, and Milton in the background.
The Kentucky
The Greenbrier
The motor launch behind it is the Secret Service Boat
The Greenbrier
The Scioto
The Ottawa
The Cincinnati
The story on the Hoover visit, and a brief description of the boats, are here.
