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The Elegant Str. Thompson Dean

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The Elegant Str. Thompson Dean

June 4, 2021

One of the large and palatial sidewheelers, the Thompson Dean was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1872. Constructed on a wooden hull measuring 306 feet in length by 46 feet… Read More

The Palatial Str. J.M. White The famous sidewheeler J.M. White at a Mississippi River landing. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Palatial Str. J.M. White

January 17, 2021

In 1878, the Howard Shipyard of Jeffersonville, Ind., completed work on its magnum opus, the J.M. White. Owned by the Greenville & New Orleans Packet Company, the big sidewheeler’s wooden… Read More