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March 5, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
Nearly three years after an electrical fire destroyed the Point Pleasant River Museum in Point Pleasant, W.Va., construction is underway on a new museum that includes a state-of-the-art center for simulator training.
The new Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center are expected to open this fall, executive director James McCormick said. It is one of 22 river museums in the nation, one of only six with towboat simulators for industry training and education and one of only three with such simulators east of the Mississippi River.
Local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony February 22 on a new site at 320 Main St., three blocks away from the museum’s former home and with convenient access to parking and the riverfront, from which visitors often arrive via riverboat cruises. It is also now within close proximity to shops and restaurants.
Under construction… Claflin Grant supports River Museum
By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham - khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com
A Claflin Foundation grant was presented to the river museum on Monday from Stephen Littlepage, director of the Claflin Foundation, pictured passing the check to Museum Director James McCormick. Also pictured, John Sang, Mayor Brian Billings and Dennis Brumfield from the museum and Gary Fields from the Claflin Foundation. (City Clerk Amber Tatterson | Courtesy Photo)
Construction is underway in the 300-block of Main Street on what will become the new home of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Cook Learning Center. Construction is being done by contractor Persigner & Associates of Charleston which bid $1.8 million on the project. (Beth Sergent | OVP)