Reddit mentions of The Steamer Admiral

Hi there! The Admiral had a tough go of it at the end, after having tried and failed to be revived as a casino. At the end of July in 2011, it was towed to Luhr Brothers River Terminal on the Illinois side of the Mississippi and was scrapped down to the hull. In October 2011, the hull was ultimately sold to scrap as well and towed to the Tennessee River for that purpose.

If you're interested in learning more about the Admiral, there are three books I'd recommend:

The Steamer Admiral and Streckfus Steamers: A Personal View by Annie Amantea Blum, who worked on the Admiral as a teenager and whose husband piloted the Admiral (among many other boats)

The Steamer Admiral, from the Images of America series, also by Annie Amantea Blum. This one is a photographic collection and includes pictures of the scrapping in process, down to the hull.

Admiral: A History by J. Thomas Dunn, who originally worked for Streckfus Steamers and is now associated with the Gateway Tours boats. This book contains the most recent photograph I think I've seen of the Admiral, in 2011, scrapped down to the hull at St. Louis and on it's way to Tennessee.

The St. Louis Mercantile Library houses the Streckfus archival collection and there are many pictures available online here: http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umsl/islandora/object/umsl%3A104330
We have plans to add more, as well as to duplicate these onto Flickr for easier sharing, in the coming months.

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out to the Pott Library with any additional questions!