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The Stalwart Sternwheeler Falls City

Old Boat Column

The Stalwart Sternwheeler Falls City

August 23, 2021

Recent acquisitions to the writer’s collection of regional river memorabilia are a post card and freight bill from the steamer Falls City. Built in 1898 at Cincinnati for the Kentucky… Read More

The Steamer Falls City The Falls City in a Kentucky River lock. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Steamer Falls City

May 29, 2020

A recent acquisition to the writer’s collection is this vintage postcard of the steamer Falls City, postmarked June 18, 1909. Built in 1898 at Cincinnati for the Louisville & Kentucky… Read More

The Falls City The Falls City at a Lower Mississippi River landing, circa 1908. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Falls City

November 29, 2019

This week, the Old Boat Column presents a photo of the Falls City. Built in 1898 at Cincinnati for the Louisville & Kentucky River Packet Company, the sternwheeler ran between… Read More