Alice M. Tyler - The Waterways Journal
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Weekly journal focused on inland marine, towboat, barge, river, shipbuilding, jobs, training and other maritime news
For this special Wheelhouse issue of the WJ we will look at two important “firsts” that changed the lives of pilots for the better.
The steam sternwheel towboat Tallulah was later converted into a twin-screw diesel vessel and operated 45 more years.
An inspection trip to mark the completion of the 6-foot channel on the Missouri River in 1932 was met with an enthusiastic reception.
The Inland Waterways Corporation commissioned the building of four self-propelled barges, the Birmingham, Gulfport, Mobile and Tuscaloosa.