[Newspaper]
Publication: The Covington Journal
Covington, KY, United States
vol. V, no. 8, p. 3, col. 2
Although there is a small run of coal from Kanawha River and the Ohio River mines, the prices are unchanged, and will probably remain so until there is a rise at Pittsburgh sufficient to bring out the several millions of bushels there awaiting shipment.
| Keywords: | Hemingray : Coal |
| Researcher notes: | The Ohio River was not improved to support year-around navigation until the construction of the low-lift dams beginning in the 1920's. Prior to that time river levels would frequently drop to a depth less than that required to enable passage of packet boats and loaded coal barges. |
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| Researcher: | Glenn Drummond |
| Date completed: | February 8, 2004 by: Glenn Drummond; |