Great info. Randal thanks for sharing. John M. Foster Randal W Cooper wrote: > > Dear Researchers of the Jefferson County, Ohio Mailing List, > > Sitting at my favorite easy chair, with a hot cup of peppermint herb > tea, I searched the "Lytle-Holdcamper List: Merchant Steam Vessels of > the United States, 1790-1868" for every steamboat built at Steubenville, > Ohio. I found eleven vessels, and I hope I did not miss any. I have > listed them in order of the year they were built, but in the book the > steamboats are listed in alphabetical order by the name of the vessel. > > Abbreviations: p=sidewheeler. w=sternwheeler. A=abandoned, dismantled, > exempt from documentation, or removed for an unknown cause or one not > covered by other symbols. L=LOST. U=information unknown. D=no > documentation, but existence of vessel certain. t=tons [weight of > vessel]. > > Note: The city is the vessel's first home port. All eleven steamboats > were built at Steubenville, Ohio. > > 1. 1820: "Hero", p, 126t, Louisville, KY, L-1822. Stranded 20 Feb 1822 > at Golconda, Illinois. > > 2. 1821: "Robert Thompson", U, U, D, L-1823. Collided. > > 3. 1830: "Lady Byron", w, 90t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1837. > > 4. 1830: "Tally Ho", p, 142t, Nashville, TN. A-1835. > > 5. 1832: "Chippewa", w, 150t, Pittsburgh, PA. L-1841. Snagged 25 Mar > 1841 at Mobile, Alabama. > > 6. 1833: "Andrew Jackson", p, 98t, Cincinnati, OH. L-1838. Snagged 16 > May 1838 at Mobile, Alabama. > > 7. 1833: "Post Boy", p, 43t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1838. > > 8. 1834: "Wacousta", p, 98t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1841. > > 9. 1836: "Reporter", p, 134t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1842. > > 10. 1837: "Bonaparte", p, 185t, New Orleans, LA. A-1842. > > 11. 1854: "Pan Handle" [Ferry], p, 46t, Wheeling, VA. A-1861. > > Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> > Lorain, Ohio