Steamboats.org “Wake of the Str. America” Tour 2006
Discover the remainings of historic Rose Island amusement park, as the Steamboats.org community members saw it on the 2006 “Wake of the Str. America” Tour on JIM’S DREAM, accompanied by Tom Schiffer’s steam launch MISSIE.
photo by Tom Schiffer
… and if you look closely and enlarge and lighten the picture you will see directly inside the main deck window his daughter, Capt Leonie at the console there. This Father Daughter team has been seen in many pilothouses lately and seem comfortable controlling this vessel as a double-ender of sorts.
photo by Travis Vasconcelos
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Travis Vasconcelos
photo by Travis Vasconcelos
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Travis Vasconcelos
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Tom Schiffer
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
that the passengers of many excursion boats (including the AMERICA) would see as they arrived here. The park was originally named Fern Grove in the late 1890\’s and was a popular summer destination in the Louisville area. They featured a dance hall, hotel, cabins, roller coaster and a pool as their attractions. The 1937 flood wiped it out.
photo by Franz Neumeier, description by Travis Vasconcelos
photo by Franz Neumeier
photo by Franz Neumeier
– totally intact with it\’s ladders still in place after all these years. Chief Kenny Howe says on earlier expeditions here the pool was empty. Perhaps a early high water has filled it?
photo by Franz Neumeier, description by Travis Vasconcelos
… as it has a concrete base and seems to form a moat around the thing. Inside was some plumbing so this hyopothesis stands to reason.
photo by Franz Neumeier, description by Travis Vasconcelos
It had no identification, so one must conclude it was the remains of a catalogue ordered off-brand instrument.
photo by Franz Neumeier, description by Travis Vasconcelos
photo by Tom Schiffer
We explorers made up many possibilities for thisstrange structure. The opening looks to have one time accomodated stairs, so my bets hinge on a band stand. Near this location we found a baby grand piano harp.
photo by Franz Neumeier, description by Travis Vasconcelos
