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A. A. McKinney
(© Kris Jacobi)
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A. C. Shelton
(© Capt. Billy Smith)
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A. J. Morris
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A. M. Thompson
(© Mark Haury)
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A. Steve Crowley
(© Barry Griffith)
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A. W. Bayer
(© Mark Haury)
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Aaron Charles McKinney
(© Capt. Billy Smith)
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Aaron F. Barrett
(© Ron Richardson)
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Aaron Vizier
(© Capt. Billy Smith)
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Abby S
(© Mark Haury)
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BACKGROUND
This web site is dedicated to the display of pictures of and information about towboats on the rivers of the United States. For pictures of and information about riverboats other than towboats or tugboats, check out Dick's Riverboat Gallery. One of the many joys of living and boating on the Mississippi River is the opportunity to observe the passage of large towboats plying their way up and downstream, engaging in commerce, carrying huge loads of grain, coal, petroleum products and other goods. Over the years I accumulated a collection of pictures of towboats as they passed by our home. The original purpose of this web site was to display those pictures, mostly taken by me in various locations around St. Paul, MN, primarily near mile 819.4 on the Upper Mississippi River (UMR), about twenty miles downstream of St. Paul. However, a funny thing happened along the way. Thanks to the efforts of many fine folks who have contributed pictures, information and assistance (see CREDITS below), this web site can no longer be considered as primarily devoted to one area. It now contains pictures taken in locations up and down the Mississippi, Ohio, and other rivers. Some of the earlier photographs were taken long ago, while the latest ones were taken in the last few weeks or days. At any given time, some of them may have been taken just yesterday.
If you have good photographs you have taken of towboats on the Mississippi, or the Ohio, or any of the Western Rivers, and you would like them displayed here, send them to me via an e-mail attachment, and I will post them along with the proper credits. I may adjust color balance, brightness, contrast, etc., and/or crop them as I feel necessary, although I'll try to disturb your work as little as possible. Photos are typically displayed here at 640 x 480 resolution, but I prefer starting with higher resolution photos so that there is more leeway for cropping. My e-mail is on broadband, so any resolution that's not too painful for you to upload is OK.
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CREDITS
Where known, the size and power of the towboat, documentation number, and name change history are shown along with the photograph(s). Most of this and other information shown was derived from the 2010 and earlier editions of the "INLAND RIVER RECORD", edited by Dan Owen. Copies are available through "The Waterways Journal".
Others who have contributed pictures and/or information to the Towboat Gallery:
Rex Agnew Andrew Albertson Bill Alden Kenny Allain
John Ambrose Joe Angert Jim Armstrong John Banicki
John Barnhill Capt. Les Barrois Dave Bauerbach Mickie Bello
Charles Bernhardt Rusty Besanson Mike Bevins Roger Blanchard
Mike Blitgen Kevin Box Chris Brewer David Bridges
Chris Brown 'Towboat Joe' Brown Ted F. Brunt Josh Burgess
Steve Campion Mark L. Carl Mark Carl Capt. Jerry Carlton
Rex Carlyle Heather Cecil William P. Cheshire Joe Cieslak
Dan Dalrymple John E. Dawson Greg Dickerson Shawn Dickerson
Chris Dunn Barbara Agnew Ellis Frank Ellis John L. Evans
Ray Falk Capt. Bob Felch R. J. Floyd William Gaudet
Justin Gerard Capt. Tom Gerry Kim Gleason Andy Grant
Chris Graves Michael Gremillion Barry Griffith Don Grot
Harley Hall Mark Haury Rick Helmerdinger Michael Herschler
Robby Hess Dave Hicks John Holbrook Mark Hovis
Steve Huffman David Jackson Kris Jacobi Woody Jasperson
Eric M. Johnson Stan Johnson Tom Johnson Tony Johnston
Zane Johnston Erek Kahl V. J. Kennedy Jessica Kirby
Ladonna_Knoth Mark Kuntz Richard L. Kurtz Matt Lagarde
Blaine Landry George Lange Tim Laughlin Todd Lehman
Brent Maletic Marv Market Shawn Martinez Arloe Mayne
Karen Meder Darrin Melvin Ed Mars Jim Mihalek
Joe Miller John R. Miller Capt. Tim Miller Karl Morley
Matt Morrow Benjamin Mudd Henry Mullen Chuck Myers
C. R. Neale Will Nelson Mark Nichols Bill Otten
Dan Owen Sonny Pierce Bill Pilger Tim & Lori Powell
Michael Quinton Rudi Rabe George Reichhardt Ron Richardson
Don Rodriguez Joshua Romero Dan Ross Jim & Adam Ross
Jeremy Runde Eric Schade Joe Schneid Brian Sedlvy
Chris Shelby Howard Simpson Capt. Billy Smith Dale Smith
J. Cecil Smith Danny Stafford Ron Stricklen George Stringham
Shane Strouse Capt. Laurence Suire Nels Swanson Ed Tremewan
Howard C. Vidrine Tom Waller Paul Welsh Timothy Wilkerson
Edward Wilhite Rob Williams Scott Wood Chad Wray
Jeff Yates Patrick Yough 'Old River Bill' Zumwalt
Many thanks for your contributions. They are greatly appreciated.
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UNIDENTIFIED TOWBOATS
A few of the towboats in this collection are unidentified, either because the name was not visible due to the angle of the photograph, or it was unreadable. These are displayed under the heading Unidentified Towboats. If you recognize one of these unidentified vessels, please send me an e-mail, using the link near the bottom of the page. I would love to have all the boats in the gallery identified.
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SITE NAVIGATION
Click on the main image above or on any towboat name in the menus on the left, and you will be taken to a page containing the photo(s) of that towboat. Click on any image in the thumbnails list below the menus on any page, and a larger version of that image will replace the main image on the current page. Clicking on one of the arrows next to the thumbnails list on any page will rotate the list up or down. Clicking on the 'NEXT' or 'PREV' legends above or below the main image on any page will cause a larger version of the next or previous image in the thumbnails list to replace the current image. A few pages have access to full resolution versions of some images. In these cases, clicking on the main image or the explanatory legend below it will display the full resolution image, which may be quite large. Enjoy!
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BOAT & RIVER LINKS
Here are links to other interesting Towboat and/or River related sites. If you like my Towboat Gallery, I'm sure you will like these sites as well. Enjoy!
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