Capt. Jim Howard, with his trusty glass plate negative camera (now exhibited at the Howard Steamboat Museum) took this week’s Old Boat Column image, as the towboat Lookout was being… Read More
West Virginia
Built at Harmar, Ohio, in 1899 and originally named Liberty, this sternwheeler was constructed on a wood hull measuring 164 feet in length by 34.4 feet in width. Three boilers… Read More
The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center in Point Pleasant, W.Va., sustained heavy damage in an attic fire on Sunday, July 1. The recovery process has started, aided by… Read More
At a June 4 party at Port Amherst, W.Va.— the last of three in a row to mark the 100th birthday of Charlie Jones, president and CEO of Amherst Madison… Read More
Lt. Col. William Miller assumed command of the Huntington Engineer District May 1 in a change-of-command ceremony held at the Huntington City Hall. The ceremony was presided over by Brig. Read More
A total closure of the Ohio River at the Belleville (W.Va.) Locks and Dam near Mile 204 took place April 11, after a hydraulic line failure occurred in the main… Read More
In last week’s Old Boat Column, we recounted the 1903 shoving contest between the sternwheeler D.T. Lane (first) and the propeller towboat James Rumsey. The D.T. Lane (1871–1908) towed coal… Read More
In 1903, the Charles Ward Engineering Company of Charleston, W.Va., constructed a twin-propeller steam towboat named James Rumsey for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wheeling, W.Va. Built on… Read More
The Coast Guard, West Virginia and Kentucky Departments of Environmental Protection began salvage operations with the sunken vessel Gate City near Mile 8 on the Big Sandy River at Butler,… Read More
The incident command post Joint Information Center for the barge breakaways on the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Pa., and Moundsville, W.Va., was disestablished January 24. A unified command consisting of the Coast… Read More
