Old Boat Column: The Nemacolin Is 95 Years Young Old Boat Column: The Nemacolin Is 95 Years Young
Old Boat Column: The Nemacolin Is 95 Years Young

The Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh dated back to 1890 and was involved in industrial construction. About 1917, the firm began building floating marine equipment and towboats at a Neville… Read More

The Slender Vega

May 18, 2022

There have been any number of formulas and theories as to the proper ratio between length and width of boat hulls. In 1901, the Howards built a steam sternwheel towboat… Read More

In September 1970, I bought a sternwheel towboat from Maysville Sand & Gravel in Maysville, Ky. This boat was called the mv. Glenda H, and they had owned the boat… Read More