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First Oil Tow To Sioux City

October 14, 2023

In the September 18, 2023, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column detailed the Kansas City Socony and mentioned that it had initiated the first oil tow into both Omaha,… Read More

The Kansas City Socony Goes To The Ohio River Virgie Mae above Gallipolis Lock, June 24, 1974. (Jeff Yates photo)

The Kansas City Socony Goes To The Ohio River

September 25, 2023

In the last column, we looked at the Kansas City Socony, built by the Elliott-Fairfax Shipyard at Kansas City, Kan., in 1937. It was 125 by 32 (a typo in… Read More

The Kansas City Socony Was A Boat Of ‘Firsts’ Kansas City Socony in a front-cover WJ ad for Superior diesels, May 21,1938. (David Smith collection)

The Kansas City Socony Was A Boat Of ‘Firsts’

September 18, 2023

Capt. Phil C. Elsey was one of the founders of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen. A group of river personages gathered at the Hotel Lafayette in Gallipolis, Ohio,… Read More