Built in 1887 for a contract cost of $5,800, the packet Matt F. Allen was a product of the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind. Constructed on a wooden hull measuring… Read More
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The Waterways Journal this week unveiled a complete overhaul and expansion of its website. The site’s address, www.waterwaysjournal.net, remains the same, but users who were familiar with the old site… Read More
The sternwheeler Argosy was built in 1864. A notification of the new boat appeared in a Pittsburgh newspaper on November 30: “This is the third boat of the name, the… Read More
