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The Last Boat Built By A Famed Yard

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The Last Boat Built By A Famed Yard

April 3, 2026

The previous Old Boat Column detailed the final steam sternwheel towboat in regular service on the Mississippi River system, the steamer Lone Star. That wooden vessel was built by the… Read More

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Old Boat Column: The “Lovin’ Kate”

June 13, 2025

In the June 9, 2025, installment of “This Week” in The Waterways Journal, the following was included in the section from 100 years ago: “The mv. Kate Adams departed Paducah,… Read More