During the 1870s, the Askews operated the steamer BERTIE on the Cashie River connecting with other Albemarle Sound region steamers to carry incoming and outgoing freight, mail, and passengers.

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Navigation Topics

	Regular Operations Schedules, ads, legal issues		Agent Steamer - Business relationships
	Excursion Recreational trips, entertainment		Repairs Upkeep, engine repairs, hull issues
	Connecting Steamers Vessels to outlying places		KALULA The forerunner of the BERTIE