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Revival Of A Riverboat Pilothouse

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Revival Of A Riverboat Pilothouse

December 7, 2020

The cotton packet Wm. Garig was a petite, wooden-hulled sternwheeler launched at the Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Ind., on Saturday, May 7, 1904, at 3:15 p.m., according to Day Book… Read More

The Snagboat Charles H. West The Charles H. West on the Lower Mississippi River. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Snagboat Charles H. West

August 15, 2020

In last week’s Old Boat Column image of the St. Louis riverfront in 1970, one of the vessels prominently in view was the restaurant boat Lt. Robert E. Lee. Originally… Read More

Pilothouse Parade

February 26, 2018

With the WJ’s “View from the wheelhouse” special issue this week, the Old Boat Column is featuring a unique pilothouse vignette. Seven decades ago, following the May 1947 sinking of… Read More

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The Snagboat Charles H. West

Pilothouse Parade