Show Modern River Arks Ark While Noah Nonh was reputed repute to be bethe bethe bethe the first builder of ot an nn ark more mo modern ern types of ot this of craft were made by river men who used them to float coal at a cost of ot about 5 n a ton from the Pennsylvania mines to the Atlantic seaboard ItIs It ItIs Itis Is said that the arks used In transportation of the fuel were so cumbersome that they could coul not be brought back against the river rl currents currents currents cur cur- rents and were therefore sold for what they would woul bring These arks held about CO 00 tons of ot coal coni each |