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The Steam Towboat Tornado

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The Steam Towboat Tornado

September 20, 2021

Built by the Axton yard at Brownsville, Pa., in 1895, the sturdy sternwheel towboat Tornado was constructed, to specifications drawn by J.M. Hammitt, on a wooden hull that measured… Read More

The Towboat Volcano OldBoat_012218_A

The Towboat Volcano

January 22, 2018

The Volcano undergoing repair after the 1927 fire. Note the painter lettering the name on the engineroom bulkhead. (Keith Norrington collection) The Volcano was… Read More