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USED Towboat Emerald

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1899 at Cincinnati, OH. for the US Army Corps of Engineers

Launched in 1899

Christened and and put into service as USED Towboat Emerald in 1899

Emerald was a small single deck one-stack towboat assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District

USED Emerald worked on the Kentucky, Green and Barren Rivers

In 1915 her dimensions were increase to 76'8" x 14' x 3'3"

Retired from Army service, date unknown

Sold in 1918 to unknown buyer, renamed Sailor Boy

Resold in 1920 to CAPT. Ino F. Klein

Final Disposition, stranded at Madison, IN. about 1922

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 65'
Beam 14'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 2'2"
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

steam engine(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303007602	81k	USED Towboat Emerald moored, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library.		John Spivey
303007601	102k	USED Towboat Emerald moored, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library.		John Spivey

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