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Steamboat W. P. Snyder jr.

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The W. P. Snyder Jr. was originally built as the Carnegie Steel Co. towboat W. H. Clingerman in 1918 by Rees of Pittburgh, PA. In 1938 she was renamed J. L. Perry and in 1945 A-1. In August 1945 she was sold to Crucible Fuel Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, and again renamed W. P. Snyder Jr. in September 1945. 

She was a sister vessel of the W. H. Colvin Jr.. She towed coal on the Monongahela river until she was laid up in September 23, 1953, at Crucible, PA. In the summer of 1955 the boat was given to the Ohio Historic Society for exhibit at the Ohio River Museum of the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, Marietta, OH. The W. P. Snyder Jr. was the last steamboat locking through Lock 1, Muskingum river, before it was removed. She arrived with Capt. Fred Way Jr. as master at Marietta on September 16, 1955.


The Becky from the Old B&O Bridge


Downtown from the Hill


Leader Restaurant

Old B&O Railroad Bridge


Quiet Morning on the Marietta Levee


Tow passing Marietta heading south


Tree lined Park along the Muskingum River


Union Depot


Walking Track along the Muskingum River


Gazebo in  the Muskingum Park


Quiet day along the river in Marietta


A run along the river


Westward Ho Monument


Marietta from West Virginia


Farmers Market


Sternwheelers on the Levee


The Becky on the River


Ohio River Front Park


Putnam and Front Streets


Front Street







 

 

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