In 1921, the Eichleay Contracting Company, Hays, Pa., constructed a very large steam sternwheel towboat at their yard located on the left bank of the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh. The… Read More
Mississippi Valley Barge Line
It seems hard to believe it will be 37 years ago—December 19, 1985—that the towboat L. Wade Childress tuned turtle (sinking) at Ft Madison, Iowa., in 30 feet of water off… Read More
News that Amherst Madison had recently purchased the Michael J. Grainger and would rename it Ohio brings to mind other vessels named Ohio on the inland rivers. Most recently, of… Read More
The Dravo Contracting Company experimented in building a steam prop towboat in 1919 that it named Peace. Following the construction of this vessel, the company built mainly sternwheel vessels, both… Read More
