Anne P. Silver trapped in ice.

View of the old MARMET COAL CO. wharfboat and the ornate CINCINNATI BOAT CLUB, March, 1902 pictured at the foot of McCullough & Carrel Sts. in Cincinnati at the old Coal Haven Landing. Note the drift. The white boat club had been pulled up in the MARMET fleet for the winter. In spring, summer and fall Cincinnatians flocked to the club for rowing and swimming. The river above Cincinnati was considered a bit cleaner. Women wore long white dresses and big hats while men turned out in white duck pants, yachting jackets and straw hats. Capts. Gordon C. Greene & Jesse Hughes were familiar with this club.

Thanks to R. Dale Flick who found this great picture in his families papers and photos and sent it to steamboats.org.


Coal fleet on the Monongahela River at Pittsburg.


The VIRGINIA in 1904.

Thanks to R. Dale Flick for the picture.

The big ice of 1904 has the CITY OF CINCINNATI & the VIRGINIA locked in tight at the Cincinnati Public Landing. Both steamers survived the winter.

The VIRGINIA of 1895 (Capt. J. Frank Ellison's creation) was one of Fred Way's 'marvels' and he raved for years over her cabin "done in white with elegant panels of a material known as 'Lincrusta Walton.'"

The CITY OF CINCINNATI will be the featured picture of the next week at steamboats.org