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Capt. Frederick Way, Jr.
1901-1992
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By Mike Wintermantel, January 28, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. Marker | | |
Inscription. Riverman, author, historian, America's foremost authority on inland waterways. Captain Way lived close to this spot, on River Avenue. Reared in Edgeworth on land settled by the Way family before 1800, he was the first president of the Sewickley Valley Historical Society and served as summer editor of the Sewickley Herald. A pilot of steamboats large and small, for a number of years he was the owner and operator of the packet boat Betsy Ann. Among his seven books about the rivers is The Saga of the Delta Queen, in which he describes his role in bringing her from the west coast through the Panama Canal to the Mississippi River system. For fifty years president of the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, he was the sponsor of the River Museum in Marietta, Ohio. Upon his death there, his ashes were carried up river by Delta Queen for interment in Sewickley Cemetery.
Erected 2008 by Sewickley Valley Historical Society.
Location. 40° 32.236′ N, 80° 11.139′ W. Marker is in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. Marker is on Ohio River Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 65), on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sewickley PA 15143, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are | | | | 
By Mike Wintermantel, January 28, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. Marker | | |
within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Old Sewickley Post Office (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Saint Matthews African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (approx. ¼ mile away); The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Station (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ethelbert Nevin (approx. one mile away); Mooncrest (approx. 1.1 miles away); Vance Fort (approx. 1.8 miles away); Leetsdale Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Shousetown Boatyard (approx. 2.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Sewickley.
Also see . . . Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on April 15, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
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By Mike Wintermantel, December 4, 2011 | |
| | | 3. Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. Grave | | Located in Sewickley Cemetery | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on January 28, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 485 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 28, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on December 4, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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