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Steamboat Building   in Elizabeth, PA

A Journal of daily activities at the Elizabeth Marine Ways 1898 to 1925 

HOMESTEAD

Home ] Up ] KANGAROO ] B. D. WOOD ] E.A. WOODRUFF ] ALARM ] PACIFIC ] RESCUE ] ADVANCE ] Packet KEYSTONE STATE ] NELLIE ENGLAND ] Packet ISAAC M. MASON ] Packet VIRGINIA ] Packet FLORENCE BELLE ] Brownsville Packet Line ] FRANCIS TORRANCE ] G.W. THOMAS / ALICIA ] ANDREW AXTON ] FRANK TYLER ] Pump Boat 20 ] MARION ] Pump Boat NORA ] MAMIE BARRETT ] COLLIER ] VOLCANO ] ATHA ] WILLIAM WHIGHAM ] WARREN ELSEY ] CLAIRTON ] CHARLES F. RICHARDSON ] WACOUTA ] SAM CRAIG ] WM. LARIMER JONES ] R.J. HESLOP ] B. F. FAIRLESS ] CHAMPION COAL ] JOHN W. HUBBARD ] THOMAS MOSES ] PITTSBURGH COAL ] CRESCENT ] JASON ] W. P. SNYDER JR. ] [ HOMESTEAD ]

 

 

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From collection of Bill Stintson   From collection of Historic Elizabeth shows the HOMESTEAD at Lock 3 during the 1950s

The first HOMESTEAD was built in 1919 and the second, pictured above was built in 1945 from the Steamer A. O. ACKARD.  Numerous photos of both of these boats can be seen here:   http://wiki.cincinnatilibrary.org/index.php/Homestead

 

Captain Hanna at the wheel of the HOMESTEAD during the 1949 race with the LARMIER JONES

To learn more about the HOMESTEAD's races in 1949, 1950 and 1951 visit here:

 http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rhanna/

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