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The Month of February Was Not Good for This Boat

Old Boat Column

The Month of February Was Not Good for This Boat

February 21, 2025

Having “grown up” around towboats and rivermen, then working actively on the river for more than 50 years, this writer has heard of many superstitions and omens of “bad luck”… Read More

The Steamer Transporter Was The End Of An Era Str. Transporter on trials after rebuilding in 1921. (Capt. W.S. Pollock photo, David Smith collection)

The Steamer Transporter Was The End Of An Era

July 17, 2023

In January 1921, the Water Transport Company, Pittsburgh, of which Capt. Charles T. Campbell was head, purchased the Combine (Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company) towboat Valiant and… Read More