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Des Plaines #272721 Length 100 feet - Breadth 28 feet - Single screw towboat Built 1956 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:49 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! On The Des Plaines At Lockport, IL, 5/1975 Photo by Jeff Owen (1 of 2)
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton diesel, 1080 hp. Falk reduction gears, 3.31:1. Retractable pilothouse. Originally operated by Ohio River Co., Cincinnati, OH. Sold to The Valley Line Co., St. Louis, MO 7/1969. Sold to Independent Marine Associates, Inc., Lemont, IL 3/1986. Sold to Calumet River Fleeting, Inc., Whiting, IN 7/1987. Out of service 2008, used as floating office.
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