H. E. Bowles #228188 Length 140 feet - Breadth 25 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1929 by Charles Ward Engineering Works, Charleston, WV. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Jeff L. Yates - Thanks, Jeff! Norhtbound At The Greenup Lock, 1/1972
GM 12-567 diesels, 1800 hp. Red. 2.5:1. Originally Dwight F. Davis, steam powered, owned by Inland Waterways Corp., St. Louis, MO. Sold to Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., Chickasaw, AL 1947, converted to diesel, renamed Chickasaw 1949. Sold to G & C Towing, Inc., Point Pleasant, WV, renamed H. E. Bowles 7/1971. Sold to Finleyville Towing Co., Glenwillard, PA 10/1985. Sold to Robert Van Pelt, Oakmont, PA 1989. Converted to landing boat; off the record 1992.
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