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Mr. Toad #262361
Length 118 feet - Breadth 35 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1951 by Alexander Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
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Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Tim & Lori Powell - Thanks, Tim & Lori!
Fallen On Hard Times, On The Bank, 5/2009
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GM 12-567 diesels, 2400 hp. Falk red. 2.98:1.
Originally Coal King, owned by
Mid-Continent Barge Line, Alton, IL.
Sold to American Commercial Barge Line 11/1954.
Sold to Atlas Towing Co., Parkersburg, WV 2/1967,
renamed A. V. Criss 6/1967.
Sold to Willow Towing, Inc., Paducah, KY,
renamed Mr. Toad 4/1988.
Sold to G & M Towing, Inc., Ledbetter, KY 1991;
leased to Marvel Leasing, Inc., Ledbetter, KY.
Returned to Willow Towing, Inc. 1992.
Sold to J. D. Shake Construction Co., Madison, IN 7/1993.
Sold to Spivey Industries, Inc., Charmahon, IL 9/1999.
Sold to Hamm's Harbor Service & Fleeting, Inc.,
renamed Ethel Marie;
converted to landing boat,
renamed Eva Mae Hamm.

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