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Virginia Kiel #262362 Length 116 feet - Breadth 45 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1950 by Alexander Shipyards, New Orleans, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:55 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Jeff L. Yates - Thanks, Jeff! As Magnolia At Lock 26, Alton, IL, 12/1972 (1 of 2)
GM 16-645E2 diesels, repowered 1974, 3800 hp. Falk reduction gears, 2.5:1. Originally Harriet Ann, owned by Upper Mississippi Towing Corp., Minneapolis, MN. Sold to National Marine Service, St. Louis, MO, renamed National Mariner 1964. Sold to Flowers Transportation, Inc., Greenville, MS, renamed Magnolia 2/1972. Sold to Wasson Towing Co., Greenville, MS 12/1973. Sold to Blue Sky Towing, Inc.,operated by Trotter Towing Corp., Greenville, MS 5/1977. Sold to Steel City Marine Transport, Inc., Wexford, PA, renamed Dorothy June 3/1981. Sold to Okie Moore Diving & River Contracting, St. Louis, MO 7/1987, renamed Virginia Kiel 2/1988. Sold to San Francisco 1990.
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