In 1923, Greene Line Steamers contracted for the company’s first steel-hulled vessel, built by the Marietta Manufacturing Company at Point Pleasant, W.Va. Constructed for the Cincinnati–Huntington trade, the hull of… Read More
Bob Harrison
Bellaire (Ohio) Harbor Service continues to add boats to its fleet, this time with the purchase of the mv. Mary B. The 50-foot, 750-hp. towboat was most recently owned by… Read More
(Click on image for full photo) The second steamboat to carry the name Chris Greene—the first was destroyed by fire in 1922—played an important part in the early life of… Read More
The Mike Fink, which has served as a steam towboat, a landing used for cruise boats and a restaurant boat, is back in service, soon to be a shop barge,… Read More
Nine former Kirby Inland Marine towboats are towed to Pittsburgh by the mv. Capt. Robert G. Harrison. (Photo by C.R.Neale) The 15 towboats that Ohio River Salvage Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.,… Read More
