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The Diesel Crucible

October 10, 2025

The recent columns regarding the steam sternwheel towboat W.P. Snyder Jr. becoming a museum exhibit in Marietta, Ohio, in 1955 touched on the fact that steam vessels were… Read More

Parade Highlights Greenup Opening 63 Years Ago A 2012 aerial photo of Greenup Locks and Dam. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Parade Highlights Greenup Opening 63 Years Ago

July 25, 2025

The July 28, 1962, issue of The Waterways Journal, published 63 years ago today, carried a feature story on the July 22 dedication of the new Greenup Locks and… Read More

Belle Of Louisville Steams To Gallipolis For Drydock The str. Belle of Louisville sits in drydock at the Amherst Madison repair facility at Gallipolis, Ohio. (Photo by Jim Ross)

The str. Belle of Louisville sits in drydock at the Amherst Madison repair facility at Gallipolis, Ohio. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Belle Of Louisville Steams To Gallipolis For Drydock

November 13, 2020

For the first time in 61 years, the excursion steamboat Belle of Louisville traveled up the Ohio River as far as Gallipolis, Ohio, for its every-five-year Coast Guard inspection… Read More