Towboat on the Ohio [electronic resource] / James E. Casto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casto, James E.

Series:

Ohio River Valley series.

Ohio River Valley Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Towboats--Ohio River Valley.

Towboats.

Ohio River Valley--Description and travel.

Ohio River Valley.

Ohio River Valley--Commerce--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To get a personal look at what it is like to work on the Ohio River, newspaperman James E. Casto spent eight days aboard the Blazer as it traveled the Ohio from Huntington, West Virginia, to Pittsburgh, up the Allegheny and the Mongahela, and then back to Huntington. The Paul G. Blazer, a gleaming white towboat owned and operated by Ashland Oil, pushes a group -- or ""tow,"" as the rivermen call it -- of nine barges on this trip. Along the way, Casto introduces us to Captain Ronnie Davis, pilot Ronnie Burge, engineer Steve Bellomy, the mates, the deckhands, and the cook, as well as the river

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Towboat on the Ohio; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Plate Sections; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; River Talk: A Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-174) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5069-8

OCLC:

933516002