Pilot House on a River Towboat

1870/1954

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Pilot House on a River Towboat
  • Title
  • Pilot House on a River Towboat
  • Identifier
  • MSP33.B013.F04.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP33.B013.F04.I03
  • Description
  • The pilots on the modern river towboat stood watch and guided the vessel and barges from the pilot house, which provided a panoramic view of the surrounding area. All the modern controls for signaling, steering, and illuminating were at the pilot’s disposal in the pilot house.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Towboats--Interiors.
  • Source
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
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