Comments: Use to live in Ottawa, Illinois, watch the towboats on the Illinois river. Love your photos of the American Beauty. I am currently building that boat. Great photos for reference.
Comments: Found your website, quite by accident. Heard on our local news that a tugboat was sinking on a local water way. Decided to "google" The Tugboat - A J MORRIS to see if it was still in service. Delighted to find this boat pictured in such a collection. My beloved late father was none other than A.J. Morris. Upon his retirement from Ingram in the early 70's, this boat was commissioned and named in his honor for his many years of service to Ingram.
Comments: Sir, this is the first towboat I ever worked on. In the spring of 1975 I rode this boat with Capt. Don Williams. In 1988 the boat was sold to Gateway Term. I beleive that I am the person piloting the boat and my brother is the deckhand. I only have one or two pictures of the boat but a lifetime of stories.
Comments: My father Carl Mathis worked on the R.H.O'Neill for 25 to 30 years!!! He worked on the Ohio River for 90 days then home for 10 then back on the river he went.
Added: February 01, 2013 - 03:52 PM
Submitted by Name: Chad Smith From: TT237 LMR
Comments: Nice site !!!
Added: January 27, 2013 - 02:46 AM
Submitted by Name: Norman Stephens From: Floyds Knobs, Indiana E-mail: nstephens1959@gmail.com
Comments: My grandfather and two uncle's worked all there lives on the river. I found pictures of the boats that were named after them on your website. Thank you very much!
Added: January 19, 2013 - 07:25 PM
Submitted by Name: Tony Hempel From: Joelton,Tn. E-mail: tonyhempel@aol.com
Comments: Thanks so much for the picture of the Loni-Jo.I loved crossing the Ohio at cave in rock when i worked at Mcdonnell-Douglas in St.Louis.She was the Candy H then(1967-68).Is she still in service here?From St.Louis To Nashville via Cave in rock.A beautiful ride.I'd love to take it one more time before i die.Thanks again,Tony.
Comments: New Years Day 1/1/2103. Marathon Petroleum Cos. towboat "Cincinatti" just passed mile marker 535 north of Watts Bar Dam on the Tennessee River. One of the joys of living on the Tennessee River is watching and photographing the passing vessels.
Comments: i been working on the river 15years as a chief engineer its good to see a lot of the old boats that i rode over the years i never thought i would see some of them again i currently ride the c b ford for choctaw transportation keep up the good work and thanks for the memories
Name: Earl Harman
From: Seattle
E-mail: earl@modelstation.com
Use to live in Ottawa, Illinois, watch the towboats on the Illinois river. Love your photos of the American Beauty. I am currently building that boat. Great photos for reference.