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The Cricket

April 18, 2022

Few living within the Big Sandy River valley today could imagine that at one time the best way to travel in the valley was by steamboat. In the late 19th… Read More

The Str. Tom Greene The Tom Greene backing away from a wharfboat. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Str. Tom Greene

April 18, 2020

In 1923, Greene Line Steamers contracted for the company’s first steel-hulled vessel, built by the Marietta Manufacturing Company at Point Pleasant, W.Va. Constructed for the Cincinnati–Huntington trade, the hull of… Read More

The Tacoma Was Long-Lived The Tacoma in the Cincinnati harbor. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Tacoma Was Long-Lived

March 9, 2019

According to riverman-historian Capt. Fred Way (1901–1992), the steamer Tacoma holds the record for being the longest-living packet boat to remain in operation without a name change or alteration in… Read More

A Chris Greene Christmas The second steamer Chris Greene. (Keith Norrington collection)

A Chris Greene Christmas

December 17, 2018

The cabin of the Chris Greene decorated for Christmas. (Keith Norrington collection) River historian and WJ correspondent Virginia Bennett (1924–2013) loved to reminisce about her favorite steamboat, the Chris Greene… Read More

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