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Captain Oliver B
Length 120 feet - Breadth 30 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1951 by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, IN.
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Last Updated at 16:04 on Friday, October 29, 2021
Copyright Photo by Jim Burd - Thanks, Jim!
As City of Joliet On The Calumet River, Chicago, IL 1970-1971
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120 x 30. GM 12-567B diesels, repowered 1972, 1800 hp.
Falk reduction gears, 3:1. Retractable pilothouse.
Originally City of Joliet, owned by
American Barge Line Co.(ACBL), Jeffersonville, IN..
Sold to J. S. Gissel & Co., Houston, TX 11/1964.
Reacquired by ACBL 11/1965.
Sold to Columbia Marine Service,
renamed John K 2/1972.
Sold to B & G Towing Co., Joliet, IL 8/1974.
Sold to Iowa Marine Repair Corp., Morris, IL 1976,
renamed Captain Oliver B 2/1977.
Acquired by Brown Marine Enterprises, Lafitte, LA.
Burned at Donaldsonville, LA 6/30/1979.

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