Sternwheel Towboat Calendar

The Towboat Helen Z Remembered The Towboat Helen Z Remembered
Old Boat Column
The Towboat Helen Z Remembered
November 30, 2020

Three steam towboats were built at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1911 for the Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. All were constructed on steel hulls measuring 137.6… Read More

The Stacker Lee The Stacker Lee underway on the Mississippi. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Stacker Lee

November 22, 2019

Built in 1902 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., the Stacker Lee was owned by the famous Lee Line of Memphis. Constructed at a cost of $21,600 on a… Read More

The Charles R. Cox The Charles R. Cox

The Charles R. Cox

November 17, 2018

This towboat was originally built as the William G. Clyde. Constructed at Ambridge, Pa., in 1922 by the American Bridge Company, the vessel was completed at the Coal Valley (Pa.)… Read More

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