Way's Steam Towboat Directory
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0821409697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 294 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Most comprehensive research tool Cheryl A. Enyart This is by far one of the best if not the best research tool for looking up the towboats during the steam era. It list the boats what type, type of hull, who built it and where, and a complete history of the boat from begining to its end. With the Way's Packet boat Directory you have a total history of steam river transportation. Totally unsurmoun. "Ways Steam Towboat Directory" according to W. Rideout. The information complied by Captain Way is invaluable to anyone interested in the towing industry of the " Western Rivers".This book not contains names of vessels, but photographs and tid-bits of first hand knowledge.This book has already become a prized addition to my collection.. It's a bit boring Kay Bennett This is a dry read but very informative. It gives a detailed account of steam boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
Captain Frederick Way, Jr., aided by Joseph W. 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. 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.
He lives in Marietta, Ohio.. Rutter.From 1941 until his death, Captain Way was president of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, an ongoing association dedicated to preserving the history of Western rivers. About the AuthorCaptain Frederick Way, Jr., was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, in 1902, and grew up in the adjacent village of Edgeworth near the Ohio River. Rutter is the son-in-law of Captain Way and also a past president and chairman of the Board of Governors for the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen. In the early months of the Great Depression, he lost his boat, and shortly after he began to write the story of the seven-year struggle to operate a packetboat in Log of the Betsy Ann, the first of his many publications. While he was attending the University of Cincinnati, the ?“call of the river” caused Fred Way to leave after one year to take up the life of a riverman, and from 1925 until 1932 he operated the packet Bet
Captain Way was also the originator and publisher for thirty-two years of the Inland River Record, an annual compilation of boats operating on inland waters. And in 1983 he compiled Way’s Packet Directory, 1848–1983: Passenger Steamboats of the Mississippi River System since the Advent of Photography in Mid-Continent America (Ohio