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Collection
0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection
Institution
Marshall University Archives and Special Collections
Date
1914
Description
Panoramic postcard, Steamboat Florence marmet pushing barges at the Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. harbor, ca. 1914, b&w. The "Florence Marmet" was a stern wheel tow boat built at Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. in 1900. Ran coal from the Kanawha River to Cincinnati. This picture was probably made near the Pt. Pleasant bridge. Condemned in 1915, lost in the ice in 1918. (One panoramic postcard found in a folder in Lisle Brown's office, 9/2013)
Format
Postcard
Place
Pt. Pleasant, WV
Subject
Subject Terms: Point Pleasant, W.Va. Ohio River "Florence Marmet" Steamboats Boats
Studio: Cochran Studio
Type
Still Image
Usage Rights
Identifier
1978.06.0227.08.03.03
Recommended Citation
"Steamboat Florence Marmet pushing barges at the Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. harborr" (1914). 0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection. 454.
https://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_regional_photograph_collection/454
