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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

All historical data from Way's Packet Directory, 1848–1994, including passenger and freight steamers, ferries, etc.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory

All historical data from Way's Steam Towboat Directory.

Way's Packet Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Packet Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Steam Towboat Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Western Rivers-style addendum

Additional Western Rivers-style steamboats operating outside the Mississippi River system, compiled exclusively for FRED.

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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

All historical data from Way's Packet Directory, 1848–1994, including passenger and freight steamers, ferries, etc.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory

All historical data from Way's Steam Towboat Directory.

Way's Packet Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Packet Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Steam Towboat Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Western Rivers-style addendum

Additional Western Rivers-style steamboats operating outside the Mississippi River system, compiled exclusively for FRED.

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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

All historical data from Way's Packet Directory, 1848–1994, including passenger and freight steamers, ferries, etc.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory

All historical data from Way's Steam Towboat Directory.

Way's Packet Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Packet Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Steam Towboat Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Western Rivers-style addendum

Additional Western Rivers-style steamboats operating outside the Mississippi River system, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Note: Name fields will search for any part of the full name, but are case-sensitive:

OH, not oh
Pittsburgh, not pittsburgh
Dubuque, IA, not dubuque, IA
Missouri River, not Missouri river

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Use this field to find locations that are first-order subordinates to the specified location. For example, entering "Ohio River" would find its direct tributaries, such as the Tennessee River, Muskingum River, etc.

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Sources Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994

All historical data from Way's Packet Directory, 1848–1994, including passenger and freight steamers, ferries, etc.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory

All historical data from Way's Steam Towboat Directory.

Way's Packet Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Packet Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Way's Steam Towboat Directory addendum

Additional vessels not included in Way's Steam Towboat Directory, compiled exclusively for FRED.

Western Rivers-style addendum

Additional Western Rivers-style steamboats operating outside the Mississippi River system, compiled exclusively for FRED.

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Location details

Ohio River
Type:	stream
Sources:	Allegheny River, Monongahela River
Parent stream:	Mississippi River
Tributaries:	Big Sandy River Cumberland River Green River Kanawha River Kentucky River Licking River Little Kanawha River Muskingum River Scioto River Tennessee River Wabash River
Comments:	For navigation, river miles are figured downstream from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Places:	Athalia, Ohio, mile 296 Augusta, Kentucky, mile 427 Cairo, Illinois, mile 0 Catlettsburg, Kentucky, mile 317 Cincinnati, Ohio, mile 470 Covington, Kentucky, mile 471 Evansville, Indiana, mile 792 Freedom, Pennsylvania, mile 23 Georgetown, Pennsylvania, mile 38 Harmar, Ohio, mile 172 Higginsport, Ohio, mile 424 Ironton, Ohio, mile 327 Jeffersonville, Indiana, mile 602 Laconia, Indiana, mile 641 Levanna, Ohio, mile 419 Little Hocking, Ohio, mile 192 Louisville, Kentucky, mile 604 Madison, Indiana, mile 557 Manchester, Ohio, mile 396 Marietta, Ohio, mile 172 Metropolis, Illinois, mile 943 Middleport, Ohio, mile 252 Moscow, Ohio, mile 443 Mound City, Illinois, mile 972 Mount Vernon, Indiana, mile 829 Murraysville, West Virginia, mile 208 New Albany, Indiana, mile 608 Paducah, Kentucky, mile 934 Parkersburg, West Virginia, mile 184 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, mile 0 Point Pleasant, West Virginia, mile 265 Portsmouth, Ohio, mile 355 Ravenswood, West Virginia, mile 220 Ripley, Ohio, mile 416 Shousetown, Pennsylvania, mile 14 Smiths Ferry, Pennsylvania, mile 39 Wellsville, Ohio, mile 48 West Wheeling, Ohio, mile 91 Wheeling, West Virginia, mile 90

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