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Illinois Length 120 feet - Breadth 30 feet - Twin prop Diesel towboat Built 1944 by Petersen & Haecker, Ltd., Blair, NE. (Additional Information Below Picture)
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 (1 of 13)
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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