W.P. Snyder, Jr. (Towboat)
W. P. Snyder Jr. at permanent mooring in Marietta, Ohio
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| Builder: | Rees & Sons Company |
| Launched: | 1918 |
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| Length: | 175 ft (53 m) (LOA) |
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| Depth: | 5.2 ft (1.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 × Tandem compound steam engines 750 hp (560 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Sternwheel |
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W. P. Snyder Jr. (steamboat)
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| Location | On Muskingum River at Sacra Via, Marietta, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°25′13″N 81°27′48″W / 39.42028°N 81.46333°WCoordinates: 39°25′13″N 81°27′48″W / 39.42028°N 81.46333°W |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architect | Rees,James & Sons |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000522 |
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| Added to NRHP | 10 November 1970 |
| Designated NHL | 29 June 1989 |
W. P. Snyder Jr., also known as W. H. Clingerman, W. P. Snyder Jr. State Memorial, or J. L. Perry, is a US National Historic Landmark.
W. P. Snyder Jr. is a sternwheel, steam driven, towboat that was originally built as the Carnegie Steel Company towboat W. H. Clingerman in 1918 by Rees & Sons Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1938, she was renamed J. L. Perry, and in 1945 A-1. In August 1945, she was sold to Crucible Steel Company of Pittsburgh, and renamed the W. P. Snyder Jr. in September 1945.
She was a sister vessel of W. H. Colvin Jr., and she towed coal on the Monongahela River until being laid up on 23 September 1953, at Crucible, Pennsylvania. In the summer of 1955, the boat was given to the Ohio Historical Society for exhibit at the Ohio River Museum in Marietta, Ohio. W. P. Snyder Jr. was the last steamboat locking through Lock 1, on the Muskingum River, before that lock was removed. She arrived in Marietta, Ohio, with Captain Fred Way Jr. as master on 16 September 1955.
As one of the first steel hull towboats constructed, she was fitted with the prominent anti-hogging struts and cables necessary on wooden hulled stern wheelers. At the time it wasn't known if they would be needed with the steel hull construction.
W. P. Snyder Jr. has been permanently moored on the Muskingum River in Marietta, Ohio, at the Ohio River Museum. Visitors to the museum receive a guided tour of W. P. Snyder Jr..
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