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Model Riverboats

November 21, 2021

The Howard Steamboat Museum at Jeffersonville, Ind., was recently the site of a riverboat model extravaganza. The museum proudly displays an excellent model of the steam towboat Chicot, the generous… Read More

Letter: Old Boat Column

April 21, 2022

My subscription to the WJ dates back to November 1963 when Roy Barkhau was writing the column. I even got to meet Donald T. Wright on one occasion when he… Read More

The Second Towboat Catharine Davis The Catharine Davis (second) underway with a tow. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Second Towboat Catharine Davis

May 7, 2021

Built at Marietta, Ohio, in 1896, the first steam towboat Catharine Davis had a hull constructed of Oregon fir that was 135 feet long and 26.5 feet wide. The engines,… Read More

The Silver Crescent The Silver Crescent on the Upper Mississippi River.

The Silver Crescent

April 9, 2018

Originally a rafter, the Silver Crescent was built at Clinton, Iowa, in 1882. Constructed on a wooden hull that measured 123.3 feet in length by 22.9 feet in width, the… Read More

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