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P. W. Ritchie #239208 Length 54 feet - Breadth 14 feet - Single screw towboat Built 1939 by Howard Ship Yard & Dock Co., Jeffersonville, IN. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! As Royce Patton At Cairo, IL, Date Unknown (9 of 10)
GM 6-110 diesel, 210 hp. Red. 3:1. Originally Wm. B. Brokamp, owned by Two Rivers Barge Line. Sold to Central Barge Co., Chicago, IL, renamed Royce Patton 2/1944 Sold to John B. Ritchie, Paducah, KY, renamed P. W. Ritchie 1955 Sold to City Ice & Fuel Co., Point Pleasant, WV. Sold to Ashland Drydocking Co., Portsmouth, OH 7/1974. Sold to Valley, Inc., Millwood, WV 4/1976. Sold to Reserve Transportation Co., Racine, OH 1991. Sold to Shelly Materials, Inc., Racine, OH 4/1998. Operated by SMI Marine Transportation LP, Belpre, OH 3/2000.
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