

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Speaking of History… The Towboat W.P. SNYDER Jr.
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Andy Verhoff, former site manager of the Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums in Marietta, will share the history of the inland rivers towboat, the W.P. SNYDER Jr., moored at the river museum. From the 1910s to the 1950s, the steam powered paddle wheel of the SNYDER pushed barges laden with coal on the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Join us to discover what it was like to live and work on the boat, how she ended up at a museum why was she called a towboat, when she instead pushed barges, and what it was like to care for her.

Lecture is included with museum admission and free for Ohio History Connection Members.

This program is part of Ohio Moves: Transportation, April's theme during America 250-Ohio's celebration of our state's heritage.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbus/speaking-of-history…-the-towboat-wp-snyder-jr/200029873854951
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ohiohistory.org/events/speaking-of-history-the-towboat-w-p-snyder-jr/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=columbus-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbus
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ohio History Connection
- **lat**: 40.004956705499
- **long**: -82.987257843936
- **full address**: Ohio History Connection, 800 E 17th Ave, I-71 &amp; 17th Ave (Across From the Expo Center),Columbus, Ohio, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Ohio History Connection (https://allevents.in/org/ohio-history-connection/2249830)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ohio History Connection, 800 E 17th Ave, I-71 &amp; 17th Ave (Across From the Expo Center),Columbus, Ohio, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ohio History Connection
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Speaking of History… The Towboat W.P. SNYDER Jr. ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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