Dixie (sternwheeler) explained

DIXIE (sternwheeler)
Coordinates:	41.3231°N -85.6931°W
Built:	-1929
Builder:	Barbour Metal Boat Works, St. Louis, MO; Breeck, Joseph
Architecture:	Stern wheel ship
Added:	September 24, 2009
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	09000757

Dixie, also known as New Dixie, is a historic sternwheeler located on Webster Lake at North Webster, Kosciusko County, Indiana. She was built in 1928–1929, and is a steel-hulled, diesel-electric powered passenger ship. She was modified substantially in 1950.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kosciusko County, Indiana
• Moro Bay ferry

Arkansas ship also made by the Barbour Metal Boat Works

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dixie. 2016-05-01. Marsha Streby . Tom Plew . Dave Tranter . Paul Diebold . PDF. May 2009. and Accompanying photographs.