During this final week of 2020, the Old Boat Column takes a fond look back 50 years to the summer of 1970, when the St. Louis levee was still a… Read More
Eads Bridge
This week, the Old Boat Column steps back five decades to August 1970. Prominently in the foreground of this aerial view of St. Louis is the sternwheel dredge Sainte Genevieve,… Read More
James Buchanan Eads is remembered today mostly for his magnificent Eads Bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis. The world’s first triple steel-arch bridge, it was completed in 1874. Read More
In a typical high-water season, river traffic would be picking up on the Upper Mississippi River as high water recedes. But nothing has been typical about this season, as snowmelt… Read More
