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The Wenonah Wheel Mystery

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The Wenonah Wheel Mystery

April 19, 2021

With the demise by fire of the Goldenrod Showboat in late 2017, an unsolved question remains concerning the big pilotwheel that was long displayed in the lobby area of the… Read More

The Packet/Towboat Mink No. 2 The Mink No. 2 as a Muskingum River packet. —both photos from Keith Norrington collection

The Packet/Towboat Mink No. 2

March 5, 2018

Built by the Knox yard at Harmar (Marietta), Ohio, in 1877, this slender sternwheeler was constructed on a wooden hull measuring 132 feet in length by 21 feet in width. Read More