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Photo Identifier
1978.01.0236.01.02.07
Creation Date
1884
Description and Location
Steamboats docked during the 1884 flood on Ohio River near Ravenswood, W.Va: the Valley Belle, Minnie Bay, and Harry D. Knox.
The Valley Belle was a sternwheel packet boat built Harmar, Oh., 1883, sank 1943.
The Minnie Bay was a sidewheel boat built Belle Vernon,Pa, completed at Wheeling, 1883, sank 1889.
The Harry D. Knox was a sternwheel boat built Harman,Oh., 1883, and was dismantled 1898.
Transportation Category
River (ferryboats, steamboats, towboats, wharfboats)
Media Format
Photographic print copy
