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Title: John W. Weeks
Description: Photograph of the steamer JOHN W. WEEKS

Title: Fort Gage
Description: Photograph of the dredge FORT GAGE.

Title: Spread Eagle
Description: Boat name is "Spread Eagle"

Title: New Orleans
Date: 1911
Description: Built Pittsburgh, 1811, Length, 138 ft. 371 tons. Robert Fulton's financial success on the Hudson gave him funds to fulfill a second ambition, which John Fitch had also held: introduction of steamboats on the Western Waters, to us the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Fulton sent Nicholas Roosevelt, another steamboat experimenter, to Pittsburgh to build the New Orleans, first steamer to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. Little information on the New Orleans has survived. There is even some question whether she was a sidewheeler or a sternwheeler. Her first voyage took place in 1811, when she left Pittsburgh in October, doubled back from Louisville to Cincinnati to prove she could run against the current, and reached New Olreans in January, 1812. For the 1911 centennial celebration of this event, a sidewheel replica of the New Orleans was built. It is shown in this photograph. The original boat plied the Lower Mississippi until 1814, when she hit a snag and sank.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the DELTA QUEEN's 10-Ton steam engine. "The Pitman Arm retracted on a 10 foot stroke."

Title: Alice Brown
Description: Empty coal tow. Upbound, Ohio River.

Title: Capitol - 2nd deck
Date: 1930-01
Description: Bandstand located in the ballroom of the excursion steamer CAPITOL. Jan, 1930.

Title: City of St. Louis
Description: Photograph of the steamer CITY OF ST. LOUIS on a river.

Title: JENNIE LEWIS Bill of Lading
Date: 1864
Description: Photograph of a bill of lading from George W. Hall, commissioning agent from Waverly, Missouri.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947-05-17
Description: "Golden Eagle" below Eads Bridge St. Louis MO. Picture taken May 17, 1947 before departure for her last trip to Nashville, Tenn. She sank next morning May 18 at Grand Tower Island after striking rock formation and fearing a 6 foot hole in the center seam in the hull. The Pilot Nathan Smith beached her and all passengers & crew were saved. Repeated floods in the summer of 1947 made raising of the

Title: CASTALIA
Description: Plattsmouth, Neb.

Title: FAIRMONT
Description: Photograph of the FAIRMONT

Title: Capitol - 2nd deck
Date: 1930-01
Description: Streckfus CAPITOL ballroom Jan. 1930.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the water pump to the boilers, which was located below the main deck (near the hull) on board the steamboat DELTA QUEEN.

Title: JAMES McPHERSON
Description: Photo of the steamer JAMES McPHERSON.

Title: Sequoyah
Description: Photograph of the towboat SEQUOYAH.

Title: Fred Wilson
Description: Photograph of the Steamer FRED WILSON.

Title: Alabama
Description: Photograph of the steamer ALABAMA, going upriver.

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Photograph of the Steamer GOLDEN EAGLE.

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Photograph of the Steamer GOLDEN EAGLE with deckhands at work.

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