RIVERBOAT COMPANIES & OWNERS
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*Name: Ohio River Company Area: 1940s-50's Ohio R., from the mines in West Virginia up river to Pittsburgh and down river to Cairo, IL. Barges were loaded at Huntington, WV. Owner: West Virginia Coal and Coke Co. Boats: 1940s and 50s: Paddlewheel towboats, KENNA, OMAR Comments: *This information from site visitor David Rayburn "My step-father was a vice-president in charge of river transportation at Huntington, WV. His name was H.J. "Bill" Long. His brother, Arch Long, was also a VP with the company in charge of operations and engineering in Cincinnati. My step brother worked on both the Kenna and the Omar. Name: Ohio Steamboat Navigation Company Boats: CLERMONT, NEW ORLEANS Area: Mosly Lower Miss. R. Owner(s) Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston 3. Name: Ohio and West Virginia Transportation Company Area: Ohio R. Formed: 1904, Oct., Marietta, Oh Principals: Capts. Martin F. Noll and William E. Roe Associates: W.R. Grimes, George W. Horne and A.D. Barless Boats: 1904, Oct. T.N. BARNSDALL, Owned for two weeks in Oct. 1904, Oct., Swapped BARNSDALL for LEROY Comments: 1904, Oct., Company was capitalized at $25,000 Name: O'Neal, George See Capt. O'Neal Area: Ohio R. Boat(s): 1879 - 1882+ ABNER O'NEAL Comments: Notes from WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951 Comments: from the Wheeling Intelligencer, July 6, 1882,
Name: Oneida Transportation Company Comments: Mentioned once in this Document 1. Name: Osage and Missouri River Packet Company, Tuscumbia, Mo. Officers: Capt. William H. Hauenstein, Jr., Capt Robert. M. Marshall, *manager and Pres. till 1898; *Capt. Henry Costrop in the office; *Capt. F.G. Schonen was agent. Area: Osage R., Missouri. Boats: *1870-ALICE GRAY 187?9?-1900, JOHN R. HUGO 1883-89, FREDERICK 1897-1909, JOHN R. WELLS 1900-09, OSAGE Captains associated with: William L. Thompson, Comments: *Information from site visitor Kelly Hokkanen 1. Way's Packet Directory, 1848 - 1994 3. Steamboats in the Valley
