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Letter: Ben Hur was a gasoline powered paddle boat Robert Cumming writes: The Ben Hur was a shallow draft, upper Cumberland River sternwheel paddle boat powered by a gasoline engine operating in the first decades of the twentieth century. The gasoline engine was a practical choice for power on this boat as automobiles and trucks began appearing more and more in the Cumberland valley as gasoline became more widely available. --RobertComments re photo 85393 Mystery Can you provide the place and any details Robert, thank you for writing! The Ben Hur, a featured picture at the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery, offers the following information below the photo, "...built in 1870 by Andrew Loy and others. The family of Andrew and Elizabeth Loy lived on the boat for about 3 years. During that time the boat was docked at Blackfish Landing and the children walked to school at Freedom, about 5 miles each day. Eulis Wooldridge, grandson of Andrew Loy, related a story of how they would often have to get off the Ben Hur and move big rocks out of the river channel so the boat could pass through." This story was posted on 2019-10-06 19:23:41
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