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Blue Ridge #261382
Length 138 feet - Breadth 35 feet - Triple screw towboat
Built 1951 by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, IN.
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Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan!
On The UMR At Alton, IL, 8/1972
(Photo By Ray Spenser)
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GM 12-567 diesels, 2700 hp. Reduction gears 3.45:1.
Originally Mount Vernon, owned by
American Barge Line Co.,Jeffersonville, IN.
Rebuilt by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, LA 1954.
Sold to J. S. Gissel & Co., Houston, TX, renamed San Ricardo 1956.
Sold to Flynn Towing Co., St. Louis, MO, renamed Blue Ridge 4/1967.
Sold to Louisiana Towing Co., Stillwater, MN 11/1972.
Sold to Twin City Barge & Towing Co., St. Paul, MN 1979.
Out of service 1986.

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