Valley Gem Sternwheeler will launch a second vessel into passenger service May 25 in Marietta, Ohio. The Major/Riviera is a combination unit made of the historic towboat Major and the… Read More
Marietta
An $8.7 million federal grant announced January 25 is designed to prevent accidents between highway traffic and trucks that load and unload barges on the Ohio River near Marietta, Ohio. Read More
The last of a line of government steamboats to carry the name the Mississippi had an unusual beginning. A new steel hull, constructed by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind.,… Read More
The Marietta Manufacturing Company was started in 1852 by the W.F. Robinson Company at Marietta, Ohio. Initially constructing sailing vessels, the firm soon commenced building steam-propelled craft for commercial service… Read More
A Marietta, Ohio, man was charged October 28 in connection with potential explosive devices found aboard three commercial tows between October 21 and October 26, the FBI confirmed. Nathaniel Blayn… Read More
The 81st annual meeting of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen will be held September 17–18 at the Lafayette Hotel, Marietta, Ohio. The event will include a moonlight cruise… Read More
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 Huntington Engineer District celebrated the issuance of a certificate of inspection (COI) for the mv. Kenneth Eddy on March 5 at the Marietta Repair Station in Marietta, Ohio. U.S. Read More
During two unusual back-to-back, 15-hour days crammed with meetings with crew members of his company’s vessels, Bill Barr paused long enough to talk about his lifelong career on the river. Read More
Although many of those who work on the river are considered essential workers, and shoreside businesses have begun to slowly reopen under various state guidelines, river museums are still seeing… Read More
