Several steamboats carried the name of Alton, paying tribute to the Illinois city on the Upper Mississippi River above St. Louis. Undoubtedly the best known and most attractive… Read More
Eagle Packet Company
Built in 1913 at Santa Rosa, Fla., the unique sidewheeler Julia Belle Swain was originally the Charles E. Cessna, named for a Chicago physician. The riverboat was designed… Read More
Matt Thomas (without hard hat) amid shipyard workers of Eagle Fabrication. (Photo by Nelson Spencer Jr.) Eagle Fabrication LLC, a division of Eagle Marine Industries Inc., Sauget, Ill.,… Read More
Originally named Mary S. Blees, this sternwheeler was built in 1899 at Mobile, Ala., on a wooden hull that measured 170 feet in length by 34 feet in width,… Read More
This week, the Old Boat Column presents an unusual image. The packets Bald Eagle (left) and Saint Louis are engaged in the transfer of freight at a St. Read More
Eagle Fabrication LLC, a division of Eagle Marine Industries Inc., Sauget, Ill., recently completed a 120-foot spud barge for Big Lake Marine LLC, Waukesha, Wis. It is the 97th… Read More
The Cincinnati riverfront in January 1918 showing the sunken City of Cincinnati. Other boats in view are the sternwheeler Loucinda and the wrecked steamer City of Louisville. (Keith Norrington… Read More
Eagle Fabrication LLC, a division of Eagle Marine Industries Inc., Sauget, Ill., has built more than 90 barges since its first hull was launched 18 years ago under the… Read More
