Steamboat I. C. Woodward on the Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
'Westover lies on the West Bank of the River, directly opposite the City and to all intents and purposes is a part thereof, and will soon rival the City in industry and fine residences. Transportation in addition to the B. and O. and the B. and N. railroad (the latter now building) the Morgantown and Kingwood railroad extends eastward through the Deckers Creek and Cheat River valleys to Rowlesburg, opening up to development vast coal, timber, lime, stone and sand deposits, all of which have tended to increase Morgantown's business and commercial advantages. Then we have slackwater , with daily lines of packets to Pittsburg and Fairmont, which gives us competition in rates that could not otherwise be obtained.'
City Wharf, Columbia and Free Ferry, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Description:
Postcard photograph of the steamboat 'Columbia' docking at the wharf on the Monongahela River at Morgantown next to a towboat and a ferry loaded with wagons, buggies and riders on horseback.
Steamboat 'Columbia' at Wharf in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Postcard photograph of the steamboat, "Columbia" on the Monongahela River, pulling up to a towboat and the free ferry already loaded with wagons and a buggy. See the original for the correspondence written on the back.
