Hi I have been reading with great interest your post on the Steamboats. My gg- Grandfather William CLOW and his brother-in-law Henry CONANT were boat pilots. They lived in Warrenton (a few miles south of Steubenville) for many years (1870-1890 approx.) Williams' son, David Haines CLOW had a License with the Steamboat Inspection Service originaly issued before 1906 (not sure where), then reissued 1919 by Point Pleasant WV. (Wheeling) Would these books of yours contain anything about pilots and this inspection service. And If any one has any other info on these fellows I would love the hear from you. Thanks Deb In a message dated 1/15/99 1:00:43 PM, you wrote: <<Dear Members of the Jefferson County, Ohio Mailing List, Here at last is the corrected list of steamboats built at Steubenville, Ohio, 1820 through 1913. Please discard the original list, which has now been superseded. Two books were consulted in compiling this list. The first is "Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868", also known as "The Lytle-Holdcamper List", or simply "The Lytle List". The second sourcebook is: "Way's Packet Directory". Sandy Day and I found fifteen vessels, and we hope that we did not miss any. The steamboats are listed in order of the year they were built, but in the books the steamboats are listed in alphabetical order by the name of the vessel. If you find more Steubenville-built vessels, please inform me, so they can be added to the compilation. It is conceivable that more such steamboats are in "Way's Packet Directory", which a meticulous search might reveal. 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 fifteen steamboats were built at Steubenville, Ohio, with the possible exception of the "Panama", which may have been built at Stratton, Jefferson County, Ohio. Note that two steamboats in this list bore the same name, "Steubenville". It was not allowed to have two vessels of the same name simultaneously. But when a steamboat went out of commission for any of various reasons [exploded, burnt, snagged, sunk, abandoned, etc.], the vessel's name was then free to be used on another steamboat. 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. 1823: "Steubenville", p, 148t, New Orleans, LA. A-1829. 4. 1830: "Lady Byron", w, 90t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1837. 5. 1830: "Tally Ho", p, 142t, Nashville, TN. A-1835. 6. 1832: "Chippewa", w, 150t, Pittsburgh, PA. L-1841. Snagged 25 Mar 1841 at Mobile, Alabama. 7. 1833: "Andrew Jackson", p, 98t, Cincinnati, OH. L-1838. Snagged 16 May 1838 at Mobile, Alabama. 8. 1833: "Post Boy", p, 43t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1838. 9. 1834: "Wacousta", p, 98t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1841. 10. 1836: "Reporter", p, 134t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1842. 11. 1836: "Steubenville", p, 45t, Pittsburgh, PA. A-1840. 12. 1837: "Bonaparte", p, 185t, New Orleans, LA. A-1842. 13. 1854: "Pan Handle" [Ferry], p, 46t, Wheeling, VA. A-1861. 14. 1887: "Nathaniel" [Ferry], p, U, Steubenville, OH. Operated until 1905, when the bridge linking Steubenville, Ohio with East Steubenville, West Virginia was opened up. 15. 1913: "Panama", w, U. Built by John W. EKEY of Stratton, Jefferson County, Ohio. Fitted with one upright boiler and one vertical engine flatbelted to an aft jackshaft, thence by link chain to the paddlewheel. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio >>