Pittsburgh Coal (Towboat, 1937-1957)

Date

• ca. February 1959

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1937 by Dravo at Neville Island, Pennsylvania and completed at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired ca. 1953, she was dismantled in 1957
• OWNERS: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1938: Captain Frank G. Smith (master), Tom Long (pilot), John Bush (chief engineer); WWII years: William P. Crosby (chief engineer); 1946: Van Petty (chief engineer)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2058; Owned by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, the Pittsburgh Coal was chartered out frequently to the Campbell Line during WWII. Chief engineer, Van Petty, was lost overboard near Toronto, Ohio on February 15, 1946. Pittsburgh Coal was laid up at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania ca. 1953. She was dismantled in 1957
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Possibility photo was taken in February, 1959