September 15, 1937. - Dike No.79.2L before partial removal. "X" marks shore end of portion removed. Grand Tower Pile Dike and Revetment Contract, 1937-38: Woods Brothers Construction Company. Note: Photographs could not be taken at regular intervals because of adverse weather conditions.
Corps of Engineers Snagboat Missouri on Mo. River, 1912. Burned at Gasconade Mo. July 28, 1928. Was sunk behind dike about 2 miles below Gasconade, Dec. 1929. Winter ice breakup broke hole in dike. March 1930, channel was through hole. March 15, 1930, Dredge Kappa, hit and sank on top, Snagboat Missouri. George Kishmar.
The Falls City was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1898 for the Louisville and Kentucky River trade. Her dimensions were:- 132 x 32.6 x 6 feet; 235 tons. She was crredited with 200 horsepower. On may 25, 1898 she collided with the Mary Lacey towing a fleet of empty barges on the Kentucky River. Damages amounted to $250. On December 18, 1898, James A. Hughes, the chief enginer in charge permitted
Illustration of St. Louis levee along North Market Street. Steamboats docked in foreground. Warehouses visible behind steamboats. Manufacturing and office buildings visible in background.
diameter; stroke 7 feet. Sternwheel 181/2 feet in diameter with buckets 22 feet long. She came out in May 1902 with double stages, mast, etc. and looked this way until after sold to the Shippers Packet Company, Pittsburg, Pa., July, 1920. Shortly after she had a single stage installed. She entered the Pittsburgh - Charleston trade in 1920 and in 1925 was taken to Point Pleasant, West Virginia and