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Eager Beaver #278870
Length 48 feet - Width 18 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1959 by Humboldt Boat Service, St. Louis, MO.
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Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Michael Herschler - Thanks, Michael!
On The UMR Near The Quad Cities, 4/2014
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GM 8V-71 diesels, 390 hp. Twin Disc reduction gears, 3:1.
Originally Mobile Island
Renamed Eager Beaver 1961.
Operated by Beaver Island Fleeting Service, Hartford, IL.
Firm became Nicor National Illinois, Inc., Hartford, IL 1986.
Sold to National Maintenance & Repair, Inc., Hartford, IL 1988.
Transferred to McGinnis, Inc., South Point, OH 1/2005.

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