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Title

"Chesapeake" (the first) steamboat

Authors

Files

Collection

0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Description

"Chesapeake" (the first) steamboat,12.5x17.5cm frist Chesapeake #204. "Chesapeake" (the first) Built in Ironton, Ohio. Capt. Edwin F. Maddy, Master. Ran various upper Ohio River short trades. 14's-4 Ft. engines and very fast. dismantled in April, 1887 some boys were planing with a wagon on the Pittburgh wharf, it got away from them, rolled riverward, and the tongue stabbed the dismantled hulk of the old "Chesapeake" and she sank.

Format

Photograph

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Identifier

1975.06.0099.03.IIA.26.04

Recommended Citation

""Chesapeake" (the first) steamboat" (2021). 0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection. 927.
https://mds.marshall.edu/cabell_wayne_hist_soc_collection/927