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Gerald Smith #608212 Length 65 feet - Breadth 22 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1979 by Louis G. Ortis Boat Co., Krotz Springs, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 11:12 on Friday, September 10, 2021 Copyright Photo by Michael Herschler - Thanks, Michael! On The UMR In The Quad Cities Area 5/2020 (2 of 4)
GM 12V-71 diesels, 800 hp. Twin Disc reduction gears, 6:1. Originally Les Limestone, owned by Harcon Barge Co., Smithland, KY; operated by Louisiana Limestone Aggregates, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA. Sold to Dravo Basic Materials Co., Inc., Mobile, AL 2/1988. Sold to Martin Marietta Aggregates, Mandeville, LA 10/1994. Sold to Lafarge North America, Inc., Mandeville, LA, renamed Liberty 4/2012. Transferred to Lafarge North America, Inc., Smithland, KY 2017. Renamed Gerald Smith.
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