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J&L Steel Experiments With Prop Towboats J&L Steel Experiments With Prop Towboats
Old Boat Column
J&L Steel Experiments With Prop Towboats
March 25, 2023

As mentioned in this column in the March13 issue, the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (J&L) broke with tradition in 1931 and had two steam prop towboats built for them… Read More

Regatta Vanguards The Winnie Mae and Robin D in the first Charleston Sternwheel Regatta, 1971. (David Smith collection)

Regatta Vanguards

July 11, 2022

After a 14-year absence, the Charleston, W.Va., Sternwheel Regatta has returned to the Kanawha River, and it took place over the Fourth of July weekend. The once enormously popular event… Read More

Letter To The Editor: Public Support

November 16, 2018

In September 1970, I bought a sternwheel towboat from Maysville Sand & Gravel in Maysville, Ky. This boat was called the mv. Glenda H, and they had owned the boat… Read More

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