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Wood River #525708
Length 81 feet - Breadth 30.1 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1970 by Main Iron Works, Inc., Houma, LA.
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Last Updated at 8:55 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Eric M. Johnson - Thanks, Eric!
At Applewold, PA, Monongahela River Mile 43.8, 7/2008
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GM 12V-149 1350 hp. Twin Disc red. 7:1. Kort nozzles.
Originally National Venture, owned by
National Marine Service, St. Louis, MO.
Transferred to Beaver Island Fleeting Service, Hartford, IL,
renamed Beaver Boss 6/1982.
Firm became Nicor National Illinois, Inc., Hartford, IL 1986.
Sold to SCNO Barge Lines, Inc., St. Louis, MO,
renamed Wood River 8/1987.
Burned 5/21/1989, engines removed.
Sold to Finleyville Towing Co., Glenwillard, PA for landing boat 11/1989;
resold to R. J. Brown Towing Co., Tarentum, PA.

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