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The Standard Celebrates A Centennial
| 题名： | The Standard Celebrates A Centennial |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CAPT. DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | For the last Old Boat column of 2023, I wanted to feature a boat that truly deserves recognition. Seldom does a vessel last for 100 years. The beautiful and celebrated steamer Belle of Louisville immediately comes to mind, as it has now been with us for 109 years. The boat highlighted in this column has undoubtedly exchanged passing signals with the Belle at some point when it was still known as the Idlewild or Avalon. Even though it has not traversed the abundance of waterways that the venerable excursion boat did, it remains a notable craft nonetheless. Standard Oil was founded in 1870, and by the turn of the 20th century had become a giant entity, so much so that it drew the attention of the anti-trust interests, who considered it so large as to have a monopoly. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court found Standard to be in violation of the Sherman Anti-trust Act and ordered it split into 34 different companies. One of these was the Standard Oil Company of Ohio (commonly known as Sohio). In 1923, this company would take delivery of a gas-powered sternwheel tow-boat and a tank barge from the Marietta Manufacturing Company of Point Pleasant, W.Va. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 137 |
| 期： | 39 |
| 页码： | 14,13,15 |
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