https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/038695https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/038695.jpgLaunching of Shallow Draught Towboat Built by Ward Engineering Works of Charleston, W. Va.Boats.Towboats.The launching of a Ward Engineering towboat probably on the Kanawha River. Ward Engineering Works was an iron and steel fabricator and shipyard founded by Charles Ward in 1872.West Virginia History OnView