| Way's Steam Towboat Directory Contributor(s): Way Jr, Frederick (Author), Rutter, Joseph W. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0821420755 ISBN-13: 9780821420751 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - General |
| Dewey: 387.232 |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After the initial release in 1983 of Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, the demand was enormous for a similar treatment of the steam towboats that once populated the Mississippi River System. Captain Frederick Way, Jr., aided by Joseph W. Rutter, gathered together this wealth of information concerning steamboats that shoved river barges laden with coal, petroleum products, chemicals, sand, gravel, and similar bulk commodities from the headwaters of the Ohio River to the jetties of the Mississippi. The steam towboats that performed these services have completely disappeared from the scene, their places having been taken by hundreds of modern diesel-propeller towboats, but this thorough and remarkable reference guide helps preserve their history. |