by Callie Lyons
February 21, 2010
Overburdened by snow, the Becky Thatcher began to sink into the river near Neville Island where she has been docked since leaving Marietta last October.
Local residents first received word of the condition of the vessel on Sunday in the form of phone calls from concerned friends and photographs posted online.
Photos taken by Pittsburgh resident Thomas Kane reveal that water reached beyond the second level of the boat and at least one side has collapsed.
Once a beloved Marietta attraction, the 83 year old boat sank in 1984 just after its arrival in Marietta. It was raised and repaired and reopened within a year. Eyewitnesses fear a resurrection will not be possible this time around.
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