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U. United States and America steamboat disaster. Categories: Shipwrecks in rivers. Shipwrecks of the United States. Ohio River.
Designated NHL. 29 June 1989 [2] W. P. Snyder Jr., also known as W. H. Clingerman, W. P. Snyder Jr. State Memorial, or J. L. Perry, is a historic towboat moored on the Muskingum River in Marietta, Ohio, at the Ohio River Museum. A National Historic Landmark, she is the only intact, steam-driven sternwheel towboat still on the nation's river system.
Elizabeth M. Coordinates: 40.64955°N 80.38636°W. Elizabeth M was a towboat that sank in the Ohio River on January 9, 2005. The sinking of the vessel resulted in the death of four of the seven crew when the Elizabeth M accidentally went over the Montgomery Locks and Dam near the Pittsburgh suburb of Industry, Pennsylvania. [ 1]
History. USS Phenakite (PYc-25) was built 1902 as the yacht Celt by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware, for J. Rogers Maxwell, a railroad executive. [2][3] It was launched on April 12, 1902. Shortly after the United States' entry into the First World War, it was acquired by the US Navy on July 3, 1917. [2][3] The ship was placed in service ...
The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a 72.9 miles (117.3 km) long navigation pool. The locks and their associated canal were the first major engineering project on the Ohio River, completed in 1830 as the ...
Margaret Olwill was a steam-powered bulk carrier steam barge built of wood. [2][3] It was 175.6 feet (53.5 m) in length and had a breadth of 34 feet (10 m). [2] The US registry number was US 91953. [2] It was equipped with a steeple compound engine built by the Cuyahoga Iron Works of Cleveland. [2] It had a gross registered tonnage of 554 tons. [2]
The SS Benjamin Noble was a lake freighter that operated on the Great Lakes. Built in 1909 by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, she was 239 feet (73 m) in length and had a beam of 40 feet (12 m). She was built as a " canaller," a vessel designed for use in what were then the dimensions of the Welland Canal, but was converted by her owners for ...
The Silver Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Ohio River between Gallipolis, Ohio, and Henderson, West Virginia. The bridge was completed in 1969 as a replacement for the collapsed Silver Bridge, although it is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) downstream (south) of the original.