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Photo Identifier
1978.01.0236.01.04.24
Creation Date
1898
Description and Location
The Catlettsburg, Ky wharfboat, the Maxie Yost, with Captain James M. Kirker.
The Maxie Yost was originally built as a sidewheel, batwing, small packet boat, at Guyandotte, W.Va., 1897.
Ran on the Ohio River before becoming the wharfboat.
Transportation Category
River (ferryboats, steamboats, towboats, wharfboats)
Media Format
Photographic print copy
Keywords
steamboats, wharfboats, Ohio River, Maxie Yost, James M. Kirker, Catlettsburg, Ky.