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Illinois
Length 120 feet - Breadth 30 feet - Twin prop Diesel towboat
Built 1944 by Petersen & Haecker, Ltd., Blair, NE.
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Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Don Grot - Thanks, Don!
Northbound On The UMR At Lock 26, 1972
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G-M 12-567 diesels, repowered 1960, total 1800 hp.
Originally Minnesota Husky, single prop, owned by
Upper Mississippi Towing Corp., Minneapolis, MN.
Sold to Fleet Towing Co., Poplar Bluff, MO 7/1948,
renamed Fleetwood 1/1951.
Sank 12/2/1953 At St. Louis, MO.
Rebuilt by Missouri Dry Dock & Repair, Cape Girardeau, MO 1960.,
renamed Illinois 1960.
Burned 1/20/1978 at St. Louis, MO; off the record 1978.

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