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Sparky #565777
Length 65 feet - Width 24 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1975 by Crumpler's Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
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Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Amy Jo Marko - Thanks, Amy Jo!
On The UMR Near Roxana, IL, 10/2018
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Cat C32 III diesels, repowered 2016, 1700 hp. Twin Disc red. 6:1.
Originally Leslie Brewer, operated by
Brewer Marine Service, Houston, TX.
Transferred to Missouri River Barge Lines, Inc., Kansas City, MO 1982,
renamed Stud 12/1983.
Transferred to Valley Transportation Div., St. Louis, MO 12/1987.
Sold to B.N.B. Towing Service, Inc., Shiloh, IL,
renamed Valley Sunshine 1991.
Sank at UMR 177, St. Louis, MO 5/16/1996.
Renamed Charlie Boy 3/1997.
Operated by Osage Marine Services, Inc., St. Louis, MO.
Sank at St. Louis 7/18/2015; raised,
rebuilt from hull up, Wood River, IL 2016.
Sold to Mike's, Inc., S. Roxana, IL 3/2016,
renamed Sparky 2/2017.

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