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Sparky #565777 Length 65 feet - Width 24 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1975 by Crumpler's Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Amy Jo Marko - Thanks, Amy Jo! Docked On The UMR, Location Unknown, 5/2017 (2 of 8)
Cat C32 III diesels, repowered 2016, 1700 hp. Twin Disc red. 6:1. Originally Leslie Brewer, operated by Brewer Marine Service, Houston, TX. Transferred to Missouri River Barge Lines, Inc., Kansas City, MO 1982, renamed Stud 12/1983. Transferred to Valley Transportation Div., St. Louis, MO 12/1987. Sold to B.N.B. Towing Service, Inc., Shiloh, IL, renamed Valley Sunshine 1991. Sank at UMR 177, St. Louis, MO 5/16/1996. Renamed Charlie Boy 3/1997. Operated by Osage Marine Services, Inc., St. Louis, MO. Sank at St. Louis 7/18/2015; raised, rebuilt from hull up, Wood River, IL 2016. Sold to Mike's, Inc., S. Roxana, IL 3/2016, renamed Sparky 2/2017.
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