Clairton (Towboat, 1952-1964)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1927 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania as the B.F. Fairless (previously the Youghiogheny). Renamed by U.S. Steel Corporation in 1952
• FORMERLY: B.F. Fairless; Youghiogheny
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired in 1964 but maintained intact. Purchased in 1974 by the New Orleans Steamboat Company and towed to the Bergeron Machine Shop yard, Braithwaite, Louisiana. Her machinery (except the boilers) was used in the excursion steamer Natchez built in 1975
• OWNERS: U.S. Steel Corporation
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0432; Retired in 1964 and maintained intact for a number of years in Ten Mile Creek, Monongahela River in the hope that the boat could be used as a museum