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Steamer Tallulah Became A Twin-Screw Diesel Boat Steamer Tallulah Became A Twin-Screw Diesel Boat
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Steamer Tallulah Became A Twin-Screw Diesel Boat
October 24, 2022

In 1922, the Howard Ship Yard built a steam sternwheel boat for the Vicksburg Engineer District. The boat, named Tallulah after a small community in Louisiana opposite Vicksburg, Miss., had… Read More

The Str. Tom Greene The Tom Greene backing away from a wharfboat. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Str. Tom Greene

April 18, 2020

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

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