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Charleston #254269 Length 145 feet - Breadth 28 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1947 by Hillman Barge & Construction Co., Brownsville, PA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:49 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Henry Mullen - Thanks, Henry! At Ohio Mile 282.2 With Bus Brown, 12/2009 (1 of 18)
Cat 3512 diesels, repowered 1997, 2400 hp. Cat red. 4.22:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Onward, owned by O. F. Shearer & Sons, Cincinnati, OH. Sold to Ohio River Co., Cincinnati, OH, renamed Robert W. Lea a few months after completion. Sold to Riverways Corp., Cape Girardeau, MO., renamed Flagship 1965. Sold to South Point Barge Co., South Point, OH, renamed Mike J 9/1970. Sold to Madison Coal & Supply Co., Inc.,Charleston, WV, renamed Charleston 5/1971. Firm became Amherst Madison, Inc., Charleston, WV 1/2010.
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