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Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, ... (February 2024) ... The annual Ohio River Sternwheel Festival was founded in 1976, ...
Since 1976, the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival has been a major event on both sides of the Ohio River, in the towns of Williamstown and Marietta, Ohio. The celebration was created around the races of the sternwheelers (also known as the paddle steamer ) that the Mid-Ohio Valley is known for, and today there are pageants, live music, food and a ...
W. P. Snyder Jr. has been permanently moored on the Muskingum River in Marietta, Ohio, at the Ohio River Museum. Visitors to the museum receive a guided tour of W. P. Snyder Jr.. She is "the only intact, steam-driven sternwheel towboat still on the nation's river system", but was "in danger of sinking" in 2009. [3]
Standard (1923–1940), owned by Standard Oil Company of Ohio; Donald B (1940–2001), named after the owner's son, Donald Brookbank, who later became her captain; Barbara H (2001–2012), named after the captain's wife, Barbara Huffman [6]
A typical river paddle steamer from the 1850s. Fall Line's steamer Providence, launched 1866 Finlandia Queen, a paddle-wheel ship from 1990s in Tampere, Finland [1]. A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.
Majestic is moored on the Ohio River at Greenup, Kentucky. [3] She is 135 feet (41 m) long, with a beam of 40 feet (12 m) and a draft depth of 1 foot (0.30 m). Her wooden hull has been sheathed inside a steel one, and is still visible from within the boat.
Jun. 13—MARIETTA — It didn't take much to convince Thais Lordelo to attend the 10th annual Marietta Brazilian Festival. Her friend "didn't really have to say anything, other than the name of ...
The ninth Natchez, the SS Natchez, is a sternwheel steamboat based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Built in 1975, she is sometimes referred to as the Natchez IX. She is operated by the New Orleans Steamboat Company and docks at the Toulouse Street Wharf. Day trips include harbor and dinner cruises along the Mississippi River.