The J. D. Ayers is a steel hull, sternwheel towboat. She was built by the Midland Barge Company in 1929 at Midland, Pennsylvania. Her dimensions are: 151 x 34.7 x 6 feet. She has 4 boilers of the return flue type. The condensing engines are 15's - 30's with a seven foot stroke; 750 horsepower. The paddle wheel is ... - 4\" in diameter by 23 feet long working 13 buckets with a ... -inch dip. The
The Frank Gilmore was an old time Pittsburgh towboat of the pool boat type or with the pilot house set down on her boiler deck ahead of the cabin. She was built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1883. Her dimensions were:- 135 x 24.3 x 4.3 feet. Tonnage: 243 gross; 160, net tons. She collided with the Andrew Axton on the Monongahela River above Elizabeth, Pennsylvania on November 23, 1903. A flat in
The Dave Wood was built in 1874 as the Joseph Warne at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Later when taken into the Wood fleet she was renamed the Dave Wood. Her dimensions were:- 130.8 x 22.4 x 4.0 feet. Tonnage: gross and net, 144 tons. In the 1890s she was operating as a Pittsburgh pool boat. On January 19th, 1909, she was stranded at Dam No. 4 on the Ohio River.
The St. James was built at Cincinnati, Ohio. Her dimensions were:- 185 x 35 x 6.5 feet. She had three boilers and her Barnes engines were 17's by 7-foot stroke. She was owned by the Mississippi Packet Company and ran out of New Orleans. She was built in 1898. While descending the Mississippi River she struck some obstruction above New Orleans on March 24, 1901 and sustained a $400 damage. At the
Drawing portraying a lady in St. Louis who disguised herself as a man to test her brother's affection for his sweetheart, and almost gets killed by the jealous lover.
at Clifton, Tennessee, on the Tennessee River, she was totally destroyed by fire on February 20, 1903. The fire started near the forward main stairway from some unknown cause. She was valued at $30,000. Ascending the Mississippi River she struck a hidden obstruction on September 23, 1901, and sunk in 9 feet of water. She was raised and repaired; cost, $3,500. Damage to cargo, $4,000.
Articles of incorporation and charter for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company published in 1876. Includes a history of the creation of the company through the incorporation of railroad and railway companies in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio from 1848 to 1872.
The twelfth volume of Gould's Blue Books, this directory contains the names of the most prominent householders and businesses in the city of St. Louis and surrounding suburbs, as well as residents from Alton, St. Charles and Carlinville for the year 1894. Residents and businesses are arranged alphabetically by name and street. In addition to the directory, it contains rosters of social clubs and