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West Pearl River #261452
Length 55 feet - Breadth 17 feet - Single screw towboat
Built 1951 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, LA.

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Last Updated at 8:55 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy!
Working On The LMR Near Slidell, LA, 6/2010

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Cummins KTA19-M2 diesel, repowered 2002, 600 hp.
Twin Disc reduction gears 4.5:1.
Originally Fella C, owned by
Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Westwego, LA.
Sold to Point Landing Fuel Corp., Harahan, LA 1970.
Sold to Lee's Welding Service, Inc., Westwego, LA 1975.
Sold to Pearl River Navigation Co., Inc., Slidell, LA 9/1981,
renamed West Pearl River 2/1985.
Rebuilt by Pearl River Navigation Co., Inc., Slidell, LA 1985.



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