Captain Mary B. Greene - Covington, Kentucky
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BruceS
N 39° 05.463 W 084° 30.384
16S E 715662 N 4329840
Statue of woman riverboat captain in George Rogers Clark Park in Covington, Kentucky.
Waymark Code: WMFF66
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 10/09/2012
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Statue of a standing Captain Mary B. Greene wearing a ruffled blouse under a coat and a floor length skirt. Her hand rests on a steamboat engine indicator and in her other hand she holds her river captains hat. Captain Mary B. Green was a steamboat captain of the Greene Line of river steamboats and was the only female steamboat captain in Ohio.
Adjacent to the statue is a plaque inscribed:
Captain Mary B. Green
1868 - 1949
Mary Greene Was Born the Daughter Of A Country Storekeeper. When She
Married Captain Gordon C. Greene, She Left The Land To Make Her Life And
Raise Her Family On The Rivers Of America. Captain Mary Was One Of The Few
Women To Become A Licensed Boat Master And River Pilot.
The Exploits Of Mary Greene Are Legendary She Steered Through A Cylone,
Survived An Explosion Of Nitroglycerine, And Gave Birth To A Son Whie Her
Boat Was Locked In An Ice Gorge. After The Death Of Her Husband, In 1927,
Captain Mary Ran The 20 Paddlewheelers Of The Greenline Steamers Company,
Including The Delta Queen
This Sculpture Made Possible By:
Central Trust Of Kenton County, Kentucky National Bank,
Hunting Bank Of Kenton County
Sculptor: Michael Price
An Official Project Of The
Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission, 1988