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The Incident-Prone City Of Pittsburg
| 题名： | The Incident-Prone City Of Pittsburg |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Capt. David Smith |
| 摘要： | In 1898, a group of investors purchased the Anchor Line packet City of New Orleans with the idea of rebuilding it into a superior Upper Ohio River packet. The City of New Orleans had been built by Howards at Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1881, and in the words of Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. in the March 1968 S——S&D Reflector, "she was worn out."According to Way's Packet Directory, the investors included Capt. John M. Phillips, Dana Scott, George Wallace, Charles Beckwith and A.L. Brahm. Even though "worn out," the boat was steamed under its own power from New Orleans to Marietta, Ohio. Perhaps because several of the investors were from the Muskingum River Valley, the Knox Boat Yard at Harmar, Ohio-across the mouth of the Muskingum from Marietta-was selected to do the rebuilding project.A complete new wooden hull 292.7 by 48.8 feet was built, and though original intentions were to use the whole cabin structure from the City of New Orleans, a new boiler deck, roof and cabin framing complete with skylights was also constructed. The stateroom panels and doors as well as the texas and pilothouse of the old boat were utilized. The pilothouse was slightly lowered, though the Anchor Line domed roof and spire were retained. The original roof bell, whistle and engines, which were 26's - 10-foot stroke were also transferred to the new boat, which was named City of Pittsburg.The new City of Pittsburg was scheduled to make a Mardi Gras trip from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, departing the first of February 1899, but due to complications with the boilers, the boat was not completed in time. The City of New Orleans boilers had been scrapped, and the new boilers being built for the boat had single-riveted seams that were outlawed while they were being fab-ricated. A second set was constructed that had rivet holes that were punched out rather than drilled, and this was illegal, resulting in this set of boilers being condemned. The third set of three boilers that were ultimately installed aboard the boat were of the Scotch Marine type, unusual to the Western Rivers but used widely on the Great Lakes and oceans. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 24 |
| 页码： | 18,17 |
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