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She has a squared bow that is reinforced with heavy steel brackets and lumber to aid in pushing barges and other vessels.
"Wheeling Mill Steel Corp." is written on the bottom edge of the negative, most-likely by the photographer.
On the main deck at the bow, there is a man standing facing toward the camera as if he's looking at it.
Just aft of him there is a door swung open and there are 2 men standing there. One is wearing a light-colored shirt and he's leaning his left arm on something, and his right hand is on his hip.
Further aft, there is a man standing at the gunwale, and further aft is another man in a doorway, wearing a light-colored shirt.
Towards the stern, at the forward end of the large "Transporter" sign, there is a man who looks to be opening a door in that section.
The forward section of the middle deck looks to be screened in.
Just below the pilot house there are 2 men standing in doorways. One looks to be wearing a white apron, maybe the cook? ...and those might be 2 milk cans standing just aft of the 2nd door there.
On the top deck there looks like a man standing and a woman sitting there.
Just aft of them is a sign on the railing that reads, "Wheeling Steel Corporation".
The Captain is visible in the pilot house, and there is a logo on the side of the pilot house, just below the sign that reads, "TRANSPORTER":
Here is some information I found at wvhistoryonview.org:
Title: Transporter (Towboat, 1921-1938)
BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Towboat
BUILT: 1871 as the "Jos. Nixon";
- rebuilt around 1896, renamed "Valiant";
- rebuilt at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania in 1921 and renamed "Transporter"
FINAL DISPOSITION: Destroyed by fire on December 12, 1938 at Six Mile Island
OWNERS: 1921: Water Transport Company;
- 1922: Wheeling Steel & Iron Company;
- 1937: Captain Birch McBride
Here is an image of the "Transporter" after she was retrieved from sinking near Cairo, Illinois in 1920:
You can see the large heavy "bumpers"at the bow.
There is a man standing just behind the bumper at the right edge of the image.
There is a man standing with his back to the water about half-way to the stern.
