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Standard Oil Once Resurrected a Relic of the Wooden Coalboat Days

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Standard Oil Once Resurrected a Relic of the Wooden Coalboat Days

July 3, 2025

Last week, this column looked at the Sohioan, a diesel boat built by St. Louis Ship in 1943 for Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio). At that time, the Sohioan, with… Read More

When The Mv. Ashland Disappeared For Several Days, Part 2 The original mv. Ashland as it appeared in the early 1940s.

When The Mv. Ashland Disappeared For Several Days, Part 2

January 31, 2025

In the last column, we began looking at a letter written by noted historian and author Capt. Frederick Way Jr. to M.C. Dupree, marine superintendent of Ashland Oil & Refining… Read More

When The Mv. Ashland Disappeared for Several Days The new mv Ashland at Ashland, Ky., in 1941.

When The Mv. Ashland Disappeared for Several Days

January 24, 2025

It is hard to imagine today, given the plethora of communications technology available to towboats and company office personnel, but there once was a time none of that existed. Towboats… Read More