Rezistal (Towboat, 1938-1949)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1882 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania
• FORMERLY: Charlie Clarke; Atha
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Struck by lightning and burned while moored at Crucible, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1949
• OWNERS: Crucible Steel Company of America
• RIVERS: Monongahela River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2155; Was renamed Rezistal after a rebuilding program in 1938. She towed coal from the Monongahela River to Midland, Pennsylvania. She was retired at Crucible, Pennsylvania around 1948 and burned there in 1949