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Title: Bald Eagle
Description: Steamer Bald Eagle from 10 Belle. Oliver Parmley, photographer.

Title: Capitol - 2nd deck
Description: Stairwell of the excursion steamer CAPITOL.

Title: Jim Wood
Description: she sagged and broke in two. There was another Jim Wood constructed as the Grand Lake in 1866 at Pittsburgh. Her dimensions were:- 168 x 30.4 x 5.2 feet. Her name was changed to Jim Wood on September 24, 1881. She evidently went out of service prior to 1885.

Title: Towboat on the River
Description: We meet a towboat with two trails of smoke billowing out behind from her stacks.

Title: Tom Dodsworth and Charley Jutte
Description: Photo of TOM DODSWORTH and barges. Unidentified boat to the right. Levee in the foreground with R. C. 20 boat. CHARLEY JUTTE in the background, docked at the far bank.

Title: Senator Cordill
Description: SENATOR CORDILL at Reedsville, Ohio. Independent Packet Line. Built at Jeffersonville, Indiana for Natchez and Vicksburg trade. Operated on Upper Ohio in later years of career. Came out in May, 1902 - Dismantled in 1939.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN near a railroad bridge north of Hannibal, Mo. "15 barge tow ran into this bridge knocking down center span. April 1981. Turn table swing section on left side of picture in open position. No loss of life or boat. Accident caused by swing section tender not opening section after train passed over. Fast currant and slow opening left no place to go for the tow.”

Title: FAIRMONT
Description: Photograph of the FAIRMONT. Railroad tracks in the foreground.

Title: Ouachita
Description: Steamboat OUACHITA midstream.

Title: Josephine
Description: The Josephine was built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1873. Her dimensions were:- 178 x 31 x 4.5 feet; 301 tons. She had two boilers. Her engines were 15 incehs in diameter with a 5-foot stroke. This boat ran as a packet on the Missouri River. She once made a notable exploration trip to the upper Yellowstone, reaching Pompey's Pillar on June 3, 1875; then went up to Hell Roaring Rapids where she

Title: Flying kites off stern
Date: 1972-07
Description: Two Men handle a kite on a boat's stern.

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

Title: Celebration at Opening of Davis Island Dam
Date: 1885-10-07
Description: Crowd lined up to view opening of dam. Steamboats underway in the background, including the steamers GENEVA and ONWARD. Oct. 7, 1885. #455.

Title: Betsy Ann, Betsy Ann near a shore
Description: The Betsy Ann was built in 1899 at Dubuque, Iowa. The dimensions of her steel hull were:- 165 x 39 x 5.5 feet. Tonnage, gross and net, 295 tons. She was originally built for and ran in Natchez-Bayou Sara trade on the lower Mississippi River. About 8:30 A.M. on April 5, 1907, while enroute from Bayou Sara to Natchez, she was struck by a heavy wind near Fordoche Landing, which carried away her

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

Title: Gordon C. Greene
Date: 1935
Description: R.V. Gerber photo 1935 - The "Cape Girardeau" at Chester Ill., as taken over by Greene Line.

Title: Avalon
Date: 1953-08-06
Description: Excursion steamer (Avalon) formerly the (Idlewild) passing dredge. This is one of the few remaining boats of this type (Mile 39.1).

Title: Richmond
Description: Scene showing steamer Richmond. Picture taken in the late 1870s.

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Photograph of the steamer GOLDEN EAGLE at levee.

Title: H. E. MYRTLE
Description: Photograph of the steamboat H. E. MYRTLE.

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