H. K. Bedford
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The H. K Bedford was a passenger and trade ship of the Greene Line.
for trade along the Ohio River
and upper Cumberland River
. In June of 1890 she was purchased by Gordon C. Greene. She was caught in an ice floe and sank on February 29, 1912 about 8 miles upstream from Marietta, Ohio
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History
It was built in 1886 at Jeffersonville, IndianaJeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...
for trade along the Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
and upper Cumberland River
Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a waterway in the Southern United States. It is long. It starts in Harlan County in far southeastern Kentucky between Pine and Cumberland mountains, flows through southern Kentucky, crosses into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before...
. In June of 1890 she was purchased by Gordon C. Greene. She was caught in an ice floe and sank on February 29, 1912 about 8 miles upstream from Marietta, Ohio
Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...
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