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Letter To The Editor: Remembering Lachlan Macleay

Letters To The Editor

Letter To The Editor: Remembering Lachlan Macleay

August 29, 2025

In reading the most recent Old Boat Column by Capt. David Smith about the mv. Lachlan Macleay, I was reminded of how Lachlan Macleay played a very vital role in pushing… Read More

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The Lachlan Macleay Was Made For The Missouri River

August 22, 2025

The sad news was dispensed through social media recently that one of the most iconic towing vessels built for the inland rivers in the middle of the 20th century was… Read More

First Oil Tow To Sioux City Kansas City Socony at Sioux City June 27, 1940. Photo from the WJ July 6, 1940, issue. (David Smith collection)

First Oil Tow To Sioux City

October 14, 2023

In the September 18, 2023, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column detailed the Kansas City Socony and mentioned that it had initiated the first oil tow into… Read More