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California was a major steamboat building center on the Monongahela from 1852 to 1879. At least 131 boats were constructed there, including 74 in the 1850s alone, primarily for the western river trade. The boatyards ceased operations in 1879 when the railroad, PV and C, acquired the right-of-way.
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