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85. Steamboat Gordon C. Greene

86. Steamboat Pushing Coal Barges

87. Steamboat on the River

88. Steamboat Virginia, Charleston-Nitro Transportation Company

Post card sent October 16, 1909.

89. Steamboat H. K. Bedford at Wharf, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

Note the steamboat on the Monongahela River below Woodburn Circle.

90. WVU from University Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.

91. Steamboats

92. Steamboats and Coal Barges

The "Ben Hur" tied up on Water Street during the flood of 1891. The steamboat packet sank in 1916 on the Mississippi river.

93. Packet 'Ben Hur' at Water Street, Wheeling, W. Va.

The contest resulted in the Charles Ward Engineering designed, smaller, twin screw propeller, "James Rumsey" pulling and pushing the steam powered, stern wheel "D. T. Lane", therefore the "James Rumsey" was declared the winner.

94. Tug-Of-War Between Towboats, 'James Rumsey' and 'D. T. Lane', Kanawha River, W. Va.

The "Duncan Bruce" was a 720 diesel towboat designed and built by the Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

95. Towboat 'Duncan Bruce' With Fleet of 500 Ton Covered Barges

Steamboat, "Queen City" on the Ohio River passing the Tube Works.

96. 'Queen City', Near Benwood, W. Va.