BUILT: 1926 or 1927 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company (hull); completed at Coal Valley, Pennsylvania
FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired in 1955, then sold to the McDonough Construction Company in 1957 and partially dismantled after which she was sold to a South American firm. During delivery, she broke away from the tug and was beached on the shore of Cuba
OWNERS: Carnegie Steel Company; Ohio Barge Line Company (1941)
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John A. Hottell (master, 1927); William Timmons (pilot, 1927); William Herd (chief engineer, 1927); Ed German (2nd engineer, 1927); Rolla Rodgers (mate, 1927); Captain Henry E. Holloway (pilot); Captain Ross Rogers, Jr. (pilot)
RIVERS: Ohio River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1862; Launched on October 15, 1926. She was a sister boat to the City of Pittsburgh. Her pitmans were named "Col. Charles A. Lindbergh" and "Spirit of St. Louis". Completely rebuilt at Dravos in the winter of 1945-46 receiving a new hull and being converted from coal burner to fuel oil. Her next to last trip, with Captain Ross Rogers, Jr. as pilot, was Pittsburgh-New Orleans. When she was dismantled, her pilotwheel was donated to the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen and was exhibited at the Ohio River Museum in Marietta, Ohio
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Monongahela on the Ohio River with a "million dollar" steel tow consisting of twenty barges of steel products and two fuel flats