Re: Some neat sites out here
[Re: BigBob]
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06/05/23 12:45 PM
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All those boats tied up rail to rail was a recipe for disaster. In 1904 one ship caught fire and wiped out 100's of boats, some of the remains can still be seen during periods of very low water. I recall reading about that. Boiler explosions and fires were a common occurrence. Every Alabama kid of my generation knows of the Eliza Battle and how she rises up out of the Tombigbee on cold winter nights still trying to make it to Mobile. I believe that the Sultana disaster still remains the worst US maritime disaster.
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Re: Some neat sites out here
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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That's a nice galley. Looks very clean .How does the cooking work? Do you cook your own meals? I assume there is not cook on board? Any wolf equipment ? Looks like a very nice tug you are on.
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Re: Some neat sites out here
[Re: K52]
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Thanks for all the pics Wolfie, keep them coming when you can. I love seeing the scenery and comments on it. I miss the pics River Birch used to post on here. River Birch posted some amazing pictures. And keep yours coming, Wolfdog!
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Re: Some neat sites out here
[Re: Osagian]
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06/06/23 11:09 PM
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1850s was the high point for steamboat traffic on the Mississippi River. Then came the war and then came the railroads which were the demise of the steamboats. History says that at one time there were 178 steamboats counted on the levee there at St. Louis during this period. Mostly on the Missouri side but some on the Illinois side. Off loading freight, on loading freight, waiting for a departure date, having their ship looked after by chandlers or artisans or .... whatever. The levee ran approximately 6 miles up and down river from a point close to where the Arch is now. The Arch area was the center of it all. I'd pay good money to go back in time and walk that levee. So much history there. Hawkens gun store would have been in operation then too. Frenchman, Indians, immigrant Germans, river people, westward pioneers, 49ers, military people...........It would have been a colorful place. Some enterprising souls dug up one of those steamboats that sunk, and made a museum with all the cargo. https://www.1856.com/
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Re: Some neat sites out here
[Re: Marty B]
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06/06/23 11:16 PM
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1850s was the high point for steamboat traffic on the Mississippi River. Then came the war and then came the railroads which were the demise of the steamboats. History says that at one time there were 178 steamboats counted on the levee there at St. Louis during this period. Mostly on the Missouri side but some on the Illinois side. Off loading freight, on loading freight, waiting for a departure date, having their ship looked after by chandlers or artisans or .... whatever. The levee ran approximately 6 miles up and down river from a point close to where the Arch is now. The Arch area was the center of it all. I'd pay good money to go back in time and walk that levee. So much history there. Hawkens gun store would have been in operation then too. Frenchman, Indians, immigrant Germans, river people, westward pioneers, 49ers, military people...........It would have been a colorful place. Some enterprising souls dug up one of those steamboats that sunk, and made a museum with all the cargo. https://www.1856.com/Out of a cornfield some distance from where the river is today! I like looking at aerial photos and you can see where rivers have twisted and turn and changed course all over those bottomlands. Those old river pilots really had to know how to read the river as it could change on you with each season.
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Re: Some neat sites out here
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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06/06/23 11:24 PM
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