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The G.W. Spore Helped Give Birth To St. Louis Ship

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The G.W. Spore Helped Give Birth To St. Louis Ship

May 28, 2023

In 1932, a small, relatively insignificant towboat was launched at East St. Louis, Ill., by the St. Louis Structural Steel Company. It had a steel hull of 64 by 15.5… Read More

Revival Of A Riverboat Pilothouse Pilothouse of the Golden Eagle shortly after being salvaged from the wreck in 1947. (Photo from Keith Norrington collection)

Pilothouse of the Golden Eagle shortly after being salvaged from the wreck in 1947. (Photo from Keith Norrington collection)

Revival Of A Riverboat Pilothouse

December 7, 2020

The cotton packet Wm. Garig was a petite, wooden-hulled sternwheeler launched at the Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Ind., on Saturday, May 7, 1904, at 3:15 p.m., according to Day Book… Read More

Letter: Federal Barge Lines

January 7, 2019

As a former employee of Federal Barge Lines (FBL) from 1972–1979, I very much enjoyed the article by Dan Hubbell in the December 17 issue titled “Federal Barge Lines Helped… Read More