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原文传递 The W.C. Kelly, Vanguard Of A Major Barge Line

题名：	The W.C. Kelly, Vanguard Of A Major Barge Line
正文语种：	eng
作者：	DAVID SMITH
摘要：	Last week in the June 5, 2023, issue of The Waterways Journal, it was noted in the "This Week (From back issues of the WJ)" column that 100 years ago the diesel towboat W.C. Kelly of the Kelly Axe Company was on its maiden trip to Pittsburgh. Kelly Axe had origins dating to the mid-1800s when a William Kelly and his brother John established Kelly & Company, an iron works at Ed-dyville, Ky. This eventually led to the manufacture of steel and a move to Louisville, Ky. Under William's son William C. Kelly, the company became the Kelly Axe Mfg. Company. In 1896, the company relocated to Alexandria, Ind., and in 1904 a final move was made to Charleston, W.Va. The impetus for these last two moves was to ensure enough natural gas availability for the manufacturing process. The Kelly Axe Mfg. Company, known also as the Kelly Axe & Tool Works, Kelly Works and Kelly Axe Company grew to be one of the major axe manufacturers in the world. In the early 1920s, the Kelly company took an interest in river transportation. In 1923, the Charles Ward Engineering Works, also of Charleston, delivered several pieces of floating stock to the Kelly Axe Mfg. Company. This fleet consisted of a derrick boat, a covered barge and three open barges. To handle these barges, Ward also constructed a diesel-pow-ered sternwheel towboat named, appropriately, W.C. Kelly.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	137
期：	11
页码：	18,17