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13. Steamboat Paddles Up Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

The "Valiant" steaming by the Wheeling Wharf. Notice her smokestacks are reclined so she could clear the bridges

14. River Boat 'Valiant' on Ohio River, Wheeling, W. Va.

Several unidentified musicians and people pose on top of Captain Ellsworth Eisenbarth's Showboat.

15. Henderson-Eisenbarth Showboat on Ohio River

Captain Ellsworth Eisenbarth's showboat traveled the Ohio River, advertised as "The Modern Temple of Amusement". Here the steamboat is towed through icy waters by the "Lula F.", built at Palestine, West Virginia in 1890.

16. Eisenbarth-Henderson Company Showboat

Identified subjects: Captain Ellsworth E. Eisenbarth. lower deck, 5th from the left; daughter Ignace, age 7, upper deck 3rd from the left; small child in nurse's arms, son Eugene H. Eisenbarth. Mrs. Eisenbarth died in 1906. An older daughter (later Mrs. R. C. Manhall) was ill and not in photograph. Infant daughter, Julia Pauline also not in photograph, she was raised in Sistersville,W. Va.

17. Eisenbarth-Henderson Showboat, Ohio River

The "Emerson" was destroyed by flood waters at Ronco, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River. Other information included with the photograph, "Property of W. F. Snowden, Box 191 Mt Morris, Pa."

18. Steamboat and Showboat 'Emerson'

The "Andes" was a Cincinnati-Louisville packet.

19. Steamboat, 'Andes' on the Ohio River

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

24. Steamboats and Coal Barges