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Laura Lee #274218
Length 156 feet - Breadth 50 feet - Triple screw towboat
Built 1957 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO.
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Last Updated at 10:12 on Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan!
Sunk At Dennis Landing In Arkansas, 3/1987
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F-M OP diesels, repowered 1976, 4800 hp.
Falk reduction gears, 3.5:1.
Originally owned by Upper Mississippi Towing Corp., Minneapolis, MN
Rebuilt by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, IN 1976.
Firm became Riverway Co., Minneapolis, MN 10/1/1977.
Leased to Jemco Towing Co., St. Louis, MO for a few months,
then to C & G Operating Co., Inc., Oak Grove, LA.
Leased to Sutton River Services, Mapaville, MO 6/1980.
Leased to Lawson & Lawson Towing Co., Inc., Wynne, AR 10/1982.
Burned & Sank At Dennis Landing In Arkansas 3/27/1987.

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