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Starfire #261413 Length 156 feet - Width 35 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1951 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 10:23 on Friday, November 8, 2019 Copyright Photo by Michael Herschler - Thanks, Michael! Approaching UMR 325, Lock 21, 6/2018 (1 of 35)
GM 16-645E2 diesels, repowered 1973, 3200 hp. Falk reduction gears, 3.464:1. Originally Fort Jackson, owned by John I. Hay Co., Chicago, IL. Sold to A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Joliet, IL 4/1963. Sold to V & E Towing Co., Cassville, WI, renamed Ray A 1966 Transferred to Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc., St. Louis, MO 11/1968, renamed Joseph Henderick 12/1973; renamed Starfire 1/1979 Firm merged into American River Transportation Co., St. Louis, MO 8/1988.
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