Having recently attended the Missouri Navigators Meeting at Jefferson City, Mo., I heard much about recent improvements that have been made to that waterway by the Corps of… Read More
Author: Capt. David Smith
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company, Dubuque, Iowa, had a history dating back to 1852 as Rouse, Dean & Company, a foundry and machine shop. A few years later… Read More
Capt. Willam F. “Bill” Judd, prominent retired marine surveyor in the Cincinnati area, passed away March 9 at age 87. Judd Beginning when he was a very… Read More
In the Old Boat column that appeared in the September 18, 2023, issue of The Waterways Journal, the history of the first towboat built for the Socony… Read More
The last column looked at the John W. Hubbard (Way’s T1444), a steam sternwheel towboat built by Dravo in 1936 for Campbell Transportation of Pittsburgh. It was the… Read More
The annual Missouri River Navigators Meeting took place in Jefferson City, Mo., on February 22. As usual, a “pre-meeting” was held the day before, on February 21 from 1:30… Read More
In a recent visit with a good friend of nearly 50 years—Capt. William F. “Bill” Judd, a retired marine surveyor from the Cincinnati area—the fact that he had, as… Read More
A lead story on the local TV news several days ago dealt with a fire at a historic house at Gallipolis, Ohio. The video reports gave images of… Read More
In 1933, the Inland Waterways Corporation (IWC) had two diesel-powered twin-screw towboats built by Midland Barge Company, Midland, Pa. These were the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Tom Sawyer. In… Read More
In the August 1, 2022, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column looked at the ill-fated “black boat” Natchez, one of a series of steam prop towboats built by… Read More
