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One Of The Last Steam Sternwheel Towboats

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One Of The Last Steam Sternwheel Towboats

October 9, 2023

The August 6, 1938 issue of The Waterways Journal carried a small story on page 5 concerning A.C. Ingersoll accepting a position with a new company on the Illinois and… Read More

The Jack Rathbone, Last Steam Sternwheeler For Standard Oil New at MMC with the shipyard ways in the background. Photo from an MMC ad in the July 31, 1937, WJ. (David Smith collection)

New at MMC with the shipyard ways in the background. Photo from an MMC ad in the July 31, 1937, WJ. (David Smith collection)

The Jack Rathbone, Last Steam Sternwheeler For Standard Oil

August 22, 2023

While new diesel-driven towboats were making headlines in the 1930s, steam power was still king, and several significant new steamers were built in the waning days of steam construction. The… Read More