While attending and participating in the very enjoyable 2025 IMX in Nashville, I was talking with Zac Metcalf, the associate publisher of The Waterways Journal. We were standing outside the… Read More
Author: Capt. David Smith
Innovation has always been prevalent in the river industry. Some ideas have been highly successful and widely accepted while others did not pan out. In the May 17, 1941,… Read More
Since the popular Inland Marine Expo will take place May 28–30 in Nashville, Tenn., it is only fitting that the “old boat” this week is a Nashville product. The Nashville… Read More
This column detailed the steamer Wm. Edenborn in the April 28 issue of The Waterways Journal. In conducting research on another vessel, I came across some new information that warrants… Read More
The Great Steamboat Race has been an annual event at Louisville, Ky., for most of the past 62 years, and is usually held the Wednesday before the running of… Read More
This column has often referenced St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Company, which was established by Herman Pott and others in 1933. The shipyard occupied the site of the former Rohan… Read More
As with the last column, a photo shared by a friend recently stirred many memories. It was of a vessel headed to a final resting place after a long career… Read More
There are times when a single photo can cause a flood of memories to wash through the mind. This happened recently with a photo depicting a partially beached hull with… Read More
In a ceremony held along the banks of the Muskingum River in Marietta, Ohio, on April 11, ground was broken for the new Ohio River Museum to be built there. Read More
One of my favorite quotes about the passage of time is from the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” “Life moves pretty fast,” Bueller says. “If you don’t stop and look… Read More
