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Title: The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Cumings, Samuel Ross, Charles Derek Klinefelter, John
Subjects: Inland navigation
Publisher: Cincinnati : George Conclin
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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lumbiana county, in thestate of Ohio, and falls into the Ohio just within the borders ofPennsylvania, is an excellent stream for water power. It affordsa vast number of mill seats, many of which are already improved ;among which are two paper mills, several forges and furnaces, anda large wire manufactory, lately established by a company in Pitts-burgh. Nearly opposite to little Beaver, is Georgetown, on the left, asmall town of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Rather more than amile below Georgetown, the state line crosses the Ohio, separatingthe state of Pennsylvania from Virginia, on the one side, and Ohioon the other. Keep a little to the left, towards the lower part ofGeorgetown, to clear the bar at the mouth of Little Beaver. Line Island. _ Channel to the left, and close to some snags near the left shore; andwhen round an ugly bar at the head of the island, incline to theright, and along the island shore, when you approach its loot, keepto the left. 2i 33 85d 38. 44 451 PENNSYLVANIA
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MAP NO. 2—OHIO RIVER. 13 Custards or Babs Island. Channel to the left, and near to the island, at its foot. LIVERPOOL On the right in Columbiana county Ohio is the town of Liverpool,which is made by an act of the Legislature of that state, the south-ern termination of a contemplated Rail Road between the OhioRiver and Lake Erie. Three miles below this town is a bar in themiddle of the river, channel near the left hand shore. On the rightfour miles down is Wellsville just below the mouth of little YellowCreek, on the same side. Bakers Islands, Are two very small islands, connected by a large bar. Channelto the right, between the head bar of the island and a shore bar onthe right. After passing the latter, run in pretty close to the rightshore, near the sycamore trees; when past them, incline to theleft, and pass near the foot of the island, to avoid Yellow creekbar, on the right. Great Yellow Creek, on the right. Kneistlys Cluster. Channel to the right, and near the middle, till you

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