Apollo
8"x 16" Edition of 200
The
fast steamer "Apollo" was built in New York in the 1890's.
Brought down the Atlantic Coast to Mobile in 1894, she began
service that same year between Mobile and the Eastern Shore. For
the next two decades, along with the "Bay Queen" and the "James
A. Carney", the Apollo became one of the best known of the Mobile
Bay pleasure boats, hosting thousands of day and evening
excursions, and regularly featuring George Tremer, the famous
blind pianist, on Sunday afternoons. The Apollo was serving as a
ferryboat when the hurricane of 1916 struck Mobile Bay. Although
she was washed ashore and suffered severe damage, she was one of
the few vessels to survive the storm. Within forty days, the
Apollo was back in the water, but in 1920 she was laid up by her
owner, the Fairhope Transportation & Excursion Company, and
shortly was replaced by the Bay Queen.
*This information was obtained from The Museum of the City of
Mobile, courtesy of Mr. Caldwell Delaney.
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