Boiler Corner Landing at the Ohio Levee

 

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Boiler Corner Landing at the Ohio Levee
Intersection of Greene, Front and Ohio Streets


In the 1810s Major John Lawrence Lewis ordered a large boiler from an eastern foundry, probably in Pittsburgh. Major Lawrence failed to pay the freight charges when the boiler arrived in Marietta and Dudley Woodbridge, a local storekeeper, paid the likely large bill instead. The boiler rested against the south wall of his store, awaiting a buyer for many years. It became a convenient stage for tale-telling and a resting place for those waiting on ferry boat rides. The boiler was eventually moved and buried where you find the marker today.