Twilight (1864 towboat)

Incidents and activities

• May 13, 1891 – Burned with two other vessels at the base of Ferry Street in Pittsburgh
• April 1898 – Sunk after striking the 43rd Street bridge in Pittsburgh, pushing its hog chain braces through the hull
• September 1902 – Involved in a collision with the in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, sinking that vessel
• December 3, 1905 – Sunk after running over Lock 2 of the Monongahela River during a flood
• February 1909 – Engineer James A. Hornbake drowned near Duquesne, Pennsylvania
• September 27, 1913 – Twilight took part in a parade celebrating Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's 125th anniversary. The parade consisted of 30 steamboats which sailed from Monongahela Wharf down the Ohio to the Davis Island Dam. The boats in line were the parade flagship Steel City, City of Parkersburg, Charles Brown, Alice Brown, Exporter, Sam Brown, Boaz, Raymond Horner, Swan, Sunshine, I. C. Woodward, Cruiser, Volunteer, A. R. Budd, J. C. Risher, Clyde, Rival, Voyager, Jim Brown, Rover, Charlie Clarke, Robt. J. Jenkins, Slipper, Bertha, Midland, Sam Barnum, Cadet, Carbon, Twilight, and Troubadour.
• October 7, 1917 – Sunk near Braddock, Pennsylvania, after nosing into the water while traveling at full speed
• 1918 – Accidentally destroyed the 16th Street Bridge when sparks from its funnels set the wooden structure on fire
• November 15, 1920 – Caught fire and was severely damaged near Pittsburgh
• January 17, 1921 – Sunk near 31st Street in Pittsburgh