Ohio River Museum
Established | 16 March 1941[1] |
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Location | Marietta, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°25′14″N 81°27′46″W / 39.42056°N 81.46278°WCoordinates: 39°25′14″N 81°27′46″W / 39.42056°N 81.46278°W |
Type | maritime museum |
Key holdings | W. P. Snyder Jr. (towboat) |
Nearest parking | On site (no cost) |
Website | mariettamuseums |
Marietta Museums | |
The Ohio River Museum is a museum that interprets the history of the Ohio River. The museum is situated on the Muskingum River, near its confluence with the Ohio River, in Marietta, Ohio. Opened on March 16th, 1941,[1] the museum celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2016.[2]
Among the museum's collection is the W.P. Snyder, Jr., the last steam powered towboat on the river.
The oldest remaining pilothouse is from the steamboat Tell City. The steamboat was built in 1889 and used to carry passengers and freight on the Ohio River. She was named after the city of Tell City, Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River. She sank on April 6, 1917, in Little Hocking, Ohio. The pilothouse survived the sinking and is on display outside of the museum.[3]
The museum is located a block from the Campus Martius Museum.
References
- ^ a b "The Regional Review (1941)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "River museum important to city, its history". The Marietta Times. 2016-08-23. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Around Town | Tell City Pilothouse". Zenfolio | Amy Strahler Photography. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
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