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The Fleetwood Inspired A Magazine

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The Fleetwood Inspired A Magazine

June 12, 2021

The steamer Fleetwood was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1866. A sidewheeler with a wooden hull measuring 255 feet in length by 36 feet in width, the big packet was… Read More

The Ida Handy Was Short-Lived The only known image of the steamer Ida Handy. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Ida Handy Was Short-Lived

September 25, 2020

For 1864, the daybook records for the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., list only contracts for the construction of a wharfboat for the Louisville & Cincinnati Mail Line and three… Read More

The Sultana Tragedy Remembered The Sultana at the Helena, Ark., wharfboat. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Sultana Tragedy Remembered

April 5, 2020

Eagerly awaited by Civil War and steamboat historians, a new DVD entitled “Remember the Sultana” is now available. The 96-minute documentary presents the riveting story of the horrific explosion of… Read More