Otto Marmet (Towboat, 1898-1935)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1898 at Raymond City, West Virginia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at North Bend, Ohio in August 1935
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Ed Woodward (master, circa 1898-1916); Walter Thacker (pilot, before 1908); John Mahan (pilot, before 1908); Thomas Oliver (chief engineer); Captain William D. Curry (master); Captain John F. Rust (pilot); William H. Patrick (pilot)
• RIVERS: Kanawha River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1982; Captain Burt Chambers supervised the original construction of the Otto Marmet; she was later lengthened at Cincinnati. On January 29, 1935, she broke a shaft at St. Joe in lower Cincinnati which caused her to run through herself on both sides. She was not repaired and burned in August 1935