Beatty, John: Memoir
Collection — Container: Folder
Identifier: O-B380
Scope and Contents
STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS
John Beatty describes river life: growing up on the Ohio River; steamboats; people who made their living on the water; salvaging logs on the Big Sandy River; lumber mills; saloons in Catlettsburg, Kentucky; and running whiskey during prohibition. He also recalls riverboat collisions, wrecks, and the salvaging operations involved. Also discusses diving to salvage scrap iron, operating a crane, running a tow boat and scrap derrick, and working for the marine underwriters Neare Gibbs & Co. as a marine surveyor.
42 pp.
Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957
OPEN: released by John Knoepfle
Dates
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Creator
- Beatty, John (Person)
Extent
1.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Beatty, John (Person)
- Knoepfle, John (Person)
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Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
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Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com