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The Elegant Str. Thompson Dean

Old Boat Column

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 Gigantic James Howard The James Howard at a St. Louis wharfboat in the 1870s. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Gigantic James Howard

September 20, 2020

A recent acquisition to the writer’s collection is this week’s Old Boat Column image of the packet James Howard alongside a wharfboat at the St. Louis levee. In 1870, Capt. Read More