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This section explains the change(s) from wood to fuel oil in the steamboats. How the river business depended on fuel, a race between the different types of fuel & the end of the woodburners.  Enjoy.....use the following links below to visit each of the next three pages.

From Wood To Fuel Oil 1
From Wood To Fuel Oil 2
From Wood To Fuel Oil 3

You can also use the links to the three pages by
using the nav bar to the left.

THANKS FOR VISITING!
FIDDLIN' SUE




This set is not linkware. It is not to leave this site
in whole or in part. The backgrounds and images
were created by me (Fiddlinsue). Images are from
my own personal collection.
The story on the next three pages was taken from
the Streckfus Steamers magazine-dated 1934-1935



 


 

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