M. S. Mereada #230153 Length 97 feet - Breadth 17 feet - Sternwheel yacht Built 1930 by Dravo Contracting Co., Neville Island, PA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:51 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! Docked, Location Unknown, Before 1/2000
GM 6-71 diesel, 165 hp. Allison reduction gears, 4.5:1. Originally towboat Winifred, owned by builder. Sold to Todd Towing Co., Hookstown, PA 1/1960. Sold to Bryant Marine, Zanesville, OH 1975. Sold to Winifred Marine, Inc., Ludlow, KY 1979. Sold to Barleycorn's Marine, Inc., Ludlow, KY, rebuilt with three decks to push passenger barge, 1986. Sold to Jack Gratsch, Cincinnati, OH, rebuilt, renamed M. S. Mereada 1995. Owned by Al Bricking, sitting on bank, off the record 8/2007.
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