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Philo #239307 Length 56 feet - Width 16 feet - Twin Screw Cummins 350 hp Built 1930 by W. W. Venable, Charleston, WV (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 16:56 on Saturday, March 14, 2020 Copyright Photo by Eric M. Johnson - Thanks, Eric! At Star City(Morgantown), WV Waste Treatment Plant, 2/2020 (1 of 10)
Cummins NH220 diesels, repowered 2011, 330 hp. Originally owned by Earl Jones Transportation Co., Zanesville, OH. Sold to R. J. Brown Towing, Inc., Kittanning, PA 8/1948. Originally sternwheel, converted to prop 1953 when hull was lengthened from 50.5 feet. Rebuilt in Elizabeth, PA, with new hull 1963 Rebuilt at Kittanning, PA 2011. Rudders on each side of prop serve as both flanking and steering rudders
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