James Rees & Sons Company

The Steamer Fairplay And Capt. Vernon Byrnside The Steamer Fairplay And Capt. Vernon Byrnside
Old Boat Column
The Steamer Fairplay And Capt. Vernon Byrnside
May 8, 2023

The James Rees & Sons Company, with origins dating back to 1848, operated at what is now the foot of Stanwix Street on the left bank of the Allegheny River… Read More

The Steamer Mayflower The sternwheeler Mayflower passes Clifton, Tenn., on the Tennessee River, during high water. Note the steamboat acorn finials atop the posts in the foreground. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Steamer Mayflower

January 19, 2019

Every boat has a beginning and an ending. This week’s Old Boat Column presents a vignette of a vessel whose history both began and ended at Pittsburgh. The sternwheeler Mayflower,… Read More

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