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USED Towboat Marion

Stern-wheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1895 at Keokuk, IA.
  • Launched 1895
  • Acquired by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1895
  • Christened, commissioned and put into service by the US Army Corps of Engineers as USED Towboat Marion
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District
  • Marion operated on the Mississippi River, Illinois River and the Hennepin Canal
  • Retired from Army service, date unknown
  • Sold in 1931 to W.A. Cooley
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 100'
    Beam 20'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 3.6'
    Speed unknown
    Crew Accommodations unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    stern-wheel
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    Marion
    303008205    		 128k USED Towboat Marion tied up at the Hennepin Canal at Geneseo, Il. 13 November 1907
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Great Lakes Maritime History Collection Donor Ralph R. DuPae.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Marion
    303008202    		 100k Stern and port side view US Army Corps of Engineers USED Towboat Marion underway with the first barge to transit the I&M Canal (Hennepin Canal) at lock No.11 near Tiskilwa, IL., 15 November 1907.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Library    		 John Spivey
    Marion
    303008206    		 190k USED Towboat Marion arriving at Rock Island, Illinois on November 15, 1907.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Great Lakes Maritime History Collection Donor Ralph R. DuPae.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Marion
    303008203    		 77k USED Towboat Marion passing through the locks on the Hennepin Canal near Geneseo, IL., date unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
    Marion
    303008204    		 66k USED Towboat Marion tied up to a riverbank with her crew on deck.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Great Lakes Maritime History Collection Donor Ralph R. DuPae.    		 John Spivey
    Marion
    303008201    		 82k US Army Corps of Engineers USED Towboat Marion with USED Snagboat No.460, at Keokuk, IA, in July 1921
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Library    		 John Spivey
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