Beatty, John - Interview and Memoir
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- 1957
- Description
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 ...
- Creator
Beatty, John
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Language
- English
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- © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
- Chicago citation style
- Beatty, John. Beatty, John - Interview and Memoir. 1957. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1286. (Accessed April 17, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Beatty, John, (1957) Beatty, John - Interview and Memoir. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1286
- MLA citation style
- Beatty, John. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1286>.