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Title: Tentative valuation of the property of Mascot and Western Railroad Company as of June 30, 1917
Date: 1917, 1922

Title: J. R. Wells
Date: 1917
Description: Str. J. R. WELLS 1917. At Chamois MO.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 48
Date: 1910-02-26,
Description: Vol. XXII. No. 48. Devoted to the Marine Profession, Yachting and Commercial Interests. Official Organ of the Western Rivers' Ferry Owners' Association.

Title: River Protection Work
Date: 1910
Description: United States Engineer Department. Placing abatis dike to close gap in driven pile dike. In chute between Establishment Island and Missouri shore near Brickeys.

Title: River Improvement Work
Date: 1911
Description: "Tender No. 9" (rear center) and portion of tow of 27 pieces of river construction equipment enroute from Establishment Island to Liberty Island.

Title: J.S.
Description: p. 1071 - on Upper Mississippi River, believed to be '1902-1910' Davenport, Iowa. First as sternwheel 'J.S' J.S. 'first ' J.S. excursion boat built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. 1901 - size 175'x33'x5.5'. engines 18"x7' stroke, built for Captain John Streckfus Sr. Originally placed in Davenport - Clinton, Iowa daily trade, offering "moonlight excursions". In this trade she was found to be too

Title: Steward and Cook Crew
Date: 1910
Description: River improvement work, U. S. Engineer Department. Establishment Island. Steward and Cooks crew in dining room of quarterboat.

Title: Eddie Plank
Description: Saint Louis Browns pitcher Eddie Plank. Plank played for the Browns in 1916 and 1917.

Title: FAIRMONT
Date: 1917
Description: Photograph of the FAIRMONT in 1917

Title: Kansas City Municipal Wharf
Date: 1915
Description: Photo of the Kansas City Municipal Wharf in 1915.

Title: Tentative valuation report on the property of the Allentown Terminal Railroad Company as of June 30, 1918.
Date: 1918, 1924

Title: New Orleans
Date: 1911
Description: 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

Title: Lucas Gardens Park And Saint Louis Public Library
Description: Photograph of Lucas Gardens Park looking Southeast towards the St. Louis Public Library building. Christ Church Cathedral is visible to the left of the library.

Title: Vim
Description: The Vim was originally built as the Hattie Brown, a single deck sternwheeler at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania in 1895. Her dimensions were:- 125 x 22.6 x 4.3 feet. She was built for J. W. Rice of Zanesville, Ohio and her engines came from the Lizzie Cassel. They were 12's with a 4-foot stroke. She ran various short trades on the Ohio River. The Hattie Brown was rebuilt at Jeffersonville, Indiana in

Title: Curly
Date: 1918
Description: Curly at Ice Jam at Memphis, Tenn. Probably 1918.

Title: River Improvement Work
Date: 1911
Description: U. S. Engineer Department. Hydrographic party enroute to work.

Title: River protection work
Date: 1915
Description: St. Louis Water Department. Mississippi River above Chain of Rocks. Pile dike constructed to shift channel of river.

Title: Welcome To St. Louis
Description: This photograph shows of a truck driving in the snow across the Free Bridge (now the MacArthur Bridge), into the city from Illinois. The exit is now near 6th Street., This is a wider view of another photograph in the collection.

Title: Mogul Sprinkling Truck
Description: St. Louis was the first city in the United States to use auto-sprinkling trucks like this. One of these Mogul trucks could sprinkle 22 miles of street from curb to curb in 11 hours.

Title: Missouri
Date: 1912
Description: 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.

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