Steamboat Building in Elizabeth, PA
A Journal of daily activities at the Elizabeth Marine Ways 1898 to 1925
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This is the original picture of the Packet Boat Elizabeth that evolved into the picture on the home page of this web site. Photo is dated 1900 with the Steamer NELLIE WALTON and West Elizabeth in background. JW mentions working on the Packet ELIZABETH several times including March and May 1898. |
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This picture was part of a calendar produced by the McKeesport, PA Hospital as a fund raiser in 1994. I would like to note that McKeesport Hospital thanked THE DAILY NEWS [McKeesport] and the McKeesport HERITAGE CENTER for the assistance in the production of this centennial calendar. |
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According to the S&D Reflector of June 1969 this photo was taken at West Elizabeth, "The lady in the center foreground was Mrs. Frank Trembly." |
This "Season's Pass" for the Pittsburgh & Elizabeth Packet Company is dated 1899, which is the year a new company was formed, Monongahela and Ohio River Transportation Company, which owned the Packet Elizabeth. The pass is signed by the President of this line, J. M. Boyd who was a cousin of Bertha Lynch, wife of J. W. Lynch. J. M. Boyd was a major partner in the Monongahela and Ohio River Transportation Company, |
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This photo shows the Packet Boat ELIZABETH in front of the Brownsville, PA covered bridge. The boat on the far bank appears to be the Packet Boat EDGAR CHERRY and the boat on the left is the OLIVETTE. |
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The Packets ELIZABETH and I. C. WOODWARD were involved in an impromptu race for the next lock, this photo is the result. Neither Captain would back away so they sat this way for several hours until one of the owners ordered his Captain to back away.
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