With the popular Inland Marine Expo taking place this week at Nashville, Tenn., this column has been detailing towboats built by the Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO). The last column… Read More
Nashville Bridge Company
As with prior years, with the approach of the Inland Marine Expo (IMX) to be held at Nashville May 27-29, 2026, the Old Boat column will feature boats built… Read More
A storied barge-building company deeply intertwined with the history of the towing and barge industry is renewing its brand and continuing to modernize for an expanded future. Nashville… Read More
In 1902, Arthur J. Dyer bought out his partner’s interests in the H.T. Sinnot Company and formed the Nashville Bridge and Construction Company. According to the Tennessee Encyclopedia, Dyer… Read More
Vern Gore in the engineroom of the mv. Kevin Michael. (Photo courtesy of Vern Gore) It’s a rare feat for a single individual to be associated with the same towboat… Read More
In 1952, there were still many steam towboats roaming the Western Rivers of the United States. American Barge Line had seven in its fleet, all DPC prop steamers built during… Read More
As mentioned before in this column, the Kosmos Portland Cement Company was formed in the first decade of the 20th century and established two company towns on the Ohio River… Read More
Since the Inland Marine Expo (IMX) produced by The Waterways Journal is taking place in Nashville, Tenn., this week, this column will detail a boat that was built there. Read More
As the true age of diesel towboats was dawning in the late 1920s, just a few shipyards were building larger towboats of that type. Charles Ward Engineering Works at… Read More
One of the most significant towboats built during the 1930s was a somewhat obscure small boat crafted by the Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) in 1939. It was only 88… Read More
