W.Va. Towboat Photos
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CR You have a wonderful website. This is my first visit. The time lapse video is great. The Point museum has been waiting on AEP to do one from Huntington to Point Pleasant.
I was in Pt. Pleasant WV on Sunday and saw M/V Mary Ellen Jones make this amazing turn (considering what she was pushing) from the Kanawha River to the Ohio River (southbound). I was trying to learn more about these people and their vessel. Your site is the only one that has anything listed. I'll keep looking. Do you want me to send you a couple of the photos via e-mail?
Thank you for such a nice site. I found the old pics of the Belleville WV dam which is now underwater. My grandfather worked there and was a diver. I think it was in the 30-40's. I remember going to the lock and having picnics. Grandpa lost 3 fingers from diving and clearing jammed gears. Thanks so much for the pics!! Enjoyed them so much.
Good selection of Ohio River boats. Did not see the Mack Gamble. I worked on the Quarto II when it was at North American coal #7 mine.
Having lived in Charleston for over 21 years, and frequently strolling along the Kanawha River, I've always been intrigued by the various towboats and have often wondered what life working aboard one of these vessels must be like. So I particularly enjoyed your recent photos from the Vernon C. Smith, especially the living and dining quarters.
Great website and photos! I am always looking forward to your updates to see what new pictures you have! Keep up the good work.
Great site. Keep up the good work. Enjoy immensely. I take pix myself but not in summer, too hot. Thank you, Jake.
Outstanding site, superb pictures. Really appreciate the links. I worked the Lower Mississippi and GIWW back in the 60's. Towboats are in my blood and your site allows me to relive some cherished times. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Great photos! Keep up the good work!!
Love the river, grew up here.. can't leave... LOVE the links , I like to track the boats I see coming and going on the river front... GOT you Bookmarked. Handle is Tugboatannie... cause my dad was a journalist who wrote about the river in the Gallipolis tribune.. He loved the river, instilled that love in me... and My name came from the tugboat.. the Cheryl Ann... on the show.. with tugboatannie.. who was the captain... (Preston Foster was in the show). Dad helped build boats at the Marietta Manufacturing plant during the war.. SO, there you go... I appreciate your work!
I must admit towboats are starting to get interesting for me. All because I'm learning from the best...YOU! You are a great photographer. Keep doing what you love!!!
Hello from a truck driver River Rat! Give us a shout when you pass through Burlington, IA. Great site C.R.!!!
My son and I are building some towboat and barges we really enjoy the quality of you pictures. He (6 yr old) was intrigued with the damage done to barges stuck in the dam. The sizes of real equipment interests him greatly. Our location is about 1hr from Welland Canal ( a trip this summer is planned). Thank you for all your work in your photos.
Great site and really good sharp pictures. I am mostly interested in Snake and Columbia River ships. However, I once had a very good friend who lived right on the banks of the Kanawha River in Charleston. We could sit on his back porch and wave to the tugs going by not over a 100 yards away. Keep up the good work.
Very good pictures and great links.
Great site! Keep up the good work!
Hi CR, any Cummins stuff on here? How about them new KTA-38s for the Humphrey.
CR, this is a great site. I appreciate your dedication to the marine industry. Keep up the good work, it is definitely one of a kind. John Wicker
Great web site, very good for giving family an idea on what you do for a living. Great for too many reasons to list. Good job!
Great site, great pictures, and lots of information. Keep up the good work.
Great site, this is one of the best river sites I have seen. Although I think you should include vessels on the Kanawha River. Keep up the good work.
This is a great site, I currently operate four tugs from time to time in the Pensacola bay area. The vessel positions for Ingram is nice feature. Keep on tuggin. CMW
Great website, and photos! I am always looking forward to your updates to see what new pictures you have! Keep up the good work. :-)
CR: What a great job you are doing. I know that your parents and grandparents are very proud of your accomplishments. Remember Learning Ladder and Grandma Pat? Keep up the good work! Grandma Pat
Just surfing to see the pages. I worked on the river for 11 years as a cook and have written a short book about it. It's listed on the PublishAmerica website. I enjoyed your boat pictures, makes me homesick. I was wondering if you worked on the river at one time. You seem to know a lot about it. Keep up the good work, you've done a great job. I really enjoyed it. Susan
This web page is a real good page to have in my FAVORITES. Thanks William Allen.
I work at Superior Marine as a pilot.
Hello, very nice site, look at my site under the button Binnenvaart, there is your site. http://www.binnenvaart.web-log.nl regards Rene
The photos are a great reminder of home and my other occupation. From the sands of Iraq Spc. Dunlap C.T.C.
I worked for a summer on M/V Franklin Pierce, owned by Thomas Petroleum Transit. (Now M/V City of Pittsburgh) Nice web site. I have enjoyed looking for boat names I remember from that summer many years ago.
Loved those shots of the runaway barges out of Pittsburgh. Truly hope no one was hurt as a result of it. Boy could we have used some of that coal. Does anyone have a pile or two of anthracite sitting on the banks anywhere that's just going to seed? We could putt'r to some 'good' service <smile> Wanna-know, Walt.
I sent an email to you, I do not think it went out. I was wondering of you know of anyplace that I can find what the normal pool is for the gauges on the Ohio River. I like your site, the pictures are great. Thanks Don.
Great site! I especially liked seeing my boat. Thanks.
Very interesting site with high quality photos! Inland shipping is a hobby for me, started 40 years ago with river Rhine, later also Danube. In 1995 I rented a car and followed Mississippi River from Davenport to New Orleans. In 2001 and 2004 I visited China (Yangtse a.o.). Your site is one of the better sites in the world. I'm a frequent visitor.
Hello, We are looking your site and just we want to tell you bravo. Your tow boats are nice and clean. We are also working in France on that kind of materials, but not so big. Never mind we are in the same job, and we want just to tell you ...friendly regards...!! Pierre and all river workers from Rhône river.
C.R. what a great site! Thank you, Herb
GREAT WEBSITE! GLAD TO SEE THE ANGIE GOLDING BACK IN ACTION!
I love your site. Living out on the plains, about the only way for me to see towboats is on the internet. Thanks a bunch.
I'm a Deckhand at Excell Marine. The pics of Excell boats are better than the ones we have in our office! Love the site!
JUST FOUND YOUR SITE . THOUGHT I WOULD SAY HELLO. MAYBE I 'LL GET BACK UP YOUR WAY WITH SOME GUMBO ONE DAY. EVERYTHINGS GOING GREAT ON MY NEW BOAT, M/V ANGIE GOLDING.AND WE ARE STARTING TWO MORE NEW BOATS. I HOPE SCHOOL IS GOING GOOD ! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. TIM MILLER
Great website and great photos. I've loved towboats ever since my dad owned 4 of them in Galveston, TX during the 1950s-early 60s. I rode them until my 20s. Still like to go watch them go by on the Texas City dike and Houston Ship channel. Keep those great photos coming!
Great job CR. This site is full of information for mariners and the river enthusiast.
Outstanding website! Well organized and maintained. By far the best quality photos of Linehaul Boats. I look forward to your new additions every couple of weeks. Thanks for sharing your photos.
Really enjoy your site......we here at Kirby check it every week to see what is new.....please keep up the good work.........
Great site! And great pics.
Your efforts are really appreciated! I always enjoy checking to see what's new. The barges-on-the-dam pictures could qualify for a journalism award.
Great site I have seen my boat and others that I road for the past 38 years. Keep up the good work.
Just received this site from a friend.Its a great site.Back in the 60s and 70s I had good friends who were on the old Hortence B Ingram,Nelson M Boadfoot,Arther J Dyer and O.H.Ingram.I built a model of the O.H.Ingram which can be seen on my web page.I,ll be here more often.Thanks for havng this site
Good coverage of the loss of the Belleville pool, probably a once-in-a-lifetime event. The written commentary really adds to the value of the photos.
Mr. Neale, Great pictures of the barges and boats at the dam and locks. Like Ronald & others stated, thanks for sharing them will all of us. Great to see something we may never see again, lock 20. I worked on OBL boats in the late 60's early 70's. The doubles we made were Emsworth, Dashields, Montgomery,12,13,14,15 and sometimes 16, all before Hannibal. Keep up the good work, my dad and I enjoy the pictures, he worked for OBL for 38 years and J&L after the war...steamboat years.
Great Site.
You have a really great river site. I would like to thank you for taking the time and effort to share your river pictures. Having grown up and working on the river in times past your pictures helps me to revisit and keep current on the towboats. I too photograph the boats when I have the opportunity to be around the river.
Real nice site,enjoy looking at the pics.
Thank You for sharing your photos. I grew up on the rivers around Pittsburgh. My Grandfather, Dad and Uncles built, owned and worked on towboats most of their lives.
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