W. P. Snyder Jr. (towboat)

W. P. Snyder Jr.

W. P. Snyder Jr. at permanent mooring in Marietta, Ohio
History
United States
Name	W. H. Clingerman (1918–1938) J. L. Perry (1938–1945) A-1 (1945–1945) W. P. Snyder Jr. (1945–)
Owner	Carnegie Steel Company (1918–1945) Crucible Steel Company (1945–1955) Ohio Historical Society (1955–)
Builder	Rees & Sons Company
Launched	1918
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Length	175 ft (53 m) (LOA)
Beam	28.4 ft (8.7 m) (original) 32.3 ft (9.8 m) (modified)
Depth	5.2 ft (1.6 m)
Installed power	2 × Tandem compound steam engines 750 hp (560 kW)
Propulsion	Sternwheel
W. P. Snyder Jr. (steamboat)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	Muskingum River docked as part of the Ohio River Museum in Marietta, Ohio
Coordinates	39°25′13″N 81°27′48″W / 39.42028°N 81.46333°W / 39.42028; -81.46333
Built	1918
Architect	Rees, James & Sons
NRHP reference No.	70000522
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	10 November 1970[1]
Designated NHL	29 June 1989[2]

W. P. Snyder Jr., also known as W. H. Clingerman, W. P. Snyder Jr. State Memorial, or J. L. Perry, is a historic towboat moored on the Muskingum River in Marietta, Ohio, at the Ohio River Museum. A National Historic Landmark, she is the only intact, steam-driven sternwheel towboat still on the nation's river system.