John A. Wood

Standard Oil Once Resurrected a Relic of the Wooden Coalboat Days Standard Oil Once Resurrected a Relic of the Wooden Coalboat Days
Old Boat Column
Standard Oil Once Resurrected a Relic of the Wooden Coalboat Days
July 3, 2025

Last week, this column looked at the Sohioan, a diesel boat built by St. Louis Ship in 1943 for Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio). At that time, the Sohioan, with… Read More

The John A. Wood The famous towboat John A. Wood at a landing. (Keith Norrington collection)

The John A. Wood

June 21, 2021

A well-known steam towboat that operated on the Ohio and Mississippi was the John A. Wood. The hull (198 feet in length by 40 feet in width) was built… Read More

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