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WJ Talk: River Veterans Recall A Half-Century Of Change In The Barge Industry WJ Talk: River Veterans Recall A Half-Century Of Change In The Barge Industry
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WJ Talk: River Veterans Recall A Half-Century Of Change In The Barge Industry
August 18, 2026

From Federal Barge Line and St. Louis’ crowded barge scene to deregulation, single-sideband radio and AI, three shoreside veterans reflected on five decades of inland change. Mark Mayfield, Stephen Rauch… Read More

Vessels Named Ohio The Valley Line steamer Ohio in November 1955. (Jeff Yates collection)

Vessels Named Ohio

April 28, 2022

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… Read More

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