Saving the Snyder
- 2011
- 57m
Built in 1918, the W.P. Snyder Jr. is the last of its kind: a steam-powered sternwheeler towboat that hauled coal from the mines to the steel mills of the Monongahela and Ohio River valleys.... Read allBuilt in 1918, the W.P. Snyder Jr. is the last of its kind: a steam-powered sternwheeler towboat that hauled coal from the mines to the steel mills of the Monongahela and Ohio River valleys. Now a museum ship and National Historic Landmark berthed in Marietta Ohio, the Snyder's s... Read allBuilt in 1918, the W.P. Snyder Jr. is the last of its kind: a steam-powered sternwheeler towboat that hauled coal from the mines to the steel mills of the Monongahela and Ohio River valleys. Now a museum ship and National Historic Landmark berthed in Marietta Ohio, the Snyder's steel hull was in dire need of replacement. This is the saga of how the Snyder was towed al... Read all