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The Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company (or MOSBC) was the second company to engage in steamboat commerce on the rivers west of the Allegheny Mountains. [1] The company was founded in 1813 under the leadership of Elisha Hunt and headquartered in his store which was located close to the boat landing in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. [2]
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Established in 1870 by the meat market and cattle business of Cox and Clark as a trading-post for the Indians it also served as a landing place for steamboats on the west side of the lake. [1] Cox & Clark held extensive holdings in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Sutter, and Yuba counties, as well as in Lake County in Oregon. In the vicinity of ...
The paddlewheel of Arabia is located at the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City. The Arabia was built in 1853 around the Monongahela River in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Its paddle wheels were 28 feet (8.5 m) across, and its steam boilers consumed approximately thirty cords of wood per day. It averaged 5 miles (8.0 km) per hour going upstream.
Mar. 12—A proposed subdivision adjacent to Somers Middle School could result in the development of 252 residential units. The Steamboat Landing project would consist of primarily single-family ...
Another early steamboat on Lake Washington was the clipper-bowed yacht-like Cyrene, built in 1891. [3] and the C.C. Calkins. In 1893, Hattie Hansen, later to have a tragic end off Vancouver Island was built at the Lee shipyard.
Details: Eagles Landing Steakhouse is open from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays. Reservations are encouraged and can be made online or by calling ...
Casualty list for the Pennsylvania, including Henry Clemens, second clerk (Daily Missouri Republican, July 18, 1858). Her most heralded crew member was Samuel L. Clemens (later known as Mark Twain) who served as a cub pilot from September 27, 1857 until June 5, 1858, with a two-month break during the repairs from the Vicksburg collision.