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Orleanian Length 185 feet - Breadth 52 feet - Twin prop Steam towboat, steel hull Built 1943 by Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN by Defense Plant Corporation. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! On The Ohio At Alliquippa, PA, 12/1951 (1 of 2)
Two four-cylinder triple expansion engines, about 2000 hp. at 185 rpm. Foster-Wheeler 'A' type steam generator, 275 psi. at 100 deg. superheat. Bunker C fuel oil. Originally Bataan, operated by Federal Barge Lines, St. Louis, MO. Sold to Sohio Petroleum, renamed Sohio Latonia 5/1947. Sold to Ohio Barge Line Co., Pittsburgh, PA 11/1949, renamed Orleanian 12/1949. Off the record after 1965.
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