tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513530212135845449.post2708049605090194383..comments2024-01-22T05:17:25.688-05:00Comments on Ohio River Blog: Beckjord closing announcedohio981http://www.blogger.com/profile/16148481765181570598noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513530212135845449.post-46028788205923342192013-02-11T11:06:03.579-05:002013-02-11T11:06:03.579-05:00Just so happens, I have a Postcard of this River B...Just so happens, I have a Postcard of this River Boat to be posted on eBay on 2-18-13. Take a look by searching the boats name; Walter C Beckjord. Enjoy the photo.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522145786610046174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513530212135845449.post-5840548214549343052011-07-20T16:32:11.473-04:002011-07-20T16:32:11.473-04:00The Ohio River Company had a triple screw towboat ...The Ohio River Company had a triple screw towboat named the Walter C.Beckjord.My mother was a cook on it,and I worked as a young deckhand on the same boat way back in 1962.I see its still listed on the CG documentation as a "passenger barge",when I was on it we were still doing the standard barges 175x26.and some of the captains wanted the couplings double wired, but there were four of us on each watch,but no tug service, hard long days back then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com