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Fiddlinsue

Rank：none Score：220 Posts：220 From：USA Register：11/11/2008 8:17 AM

Date Posted：01/23/2009 2:56 AMCopy HTML 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 right clicking them and then using the open in new window option. 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