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USED Towboat Hiwassee

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1908 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched in 1908

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1908 by the U.S. Army Engineers as USED Towboat Hiwassee

Assigned to the U.S. Army Engineers Nashville District

USED Hiwassee worked on the Tennessee River and Cumberland River

Retired from U.S. Army service, circa 1931

Sold in 1932 to Nashville Builders Supply Company

Sold in 1935 to Midwest Terminals Company.

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1938

Specifications:
Displacement 120 t.
Length 100'
Beam 20'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3'5"

Speed unknown

Crew Accommodations unknown

Propulsion

steam engine(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303008301	107k	US Army Corps of Engineers towboat USED Hiwassee and USED Dredge Kentucky dredging on the Cumberland River at Eddyville, KY. Note Kentucky State Prison in the background. US Army Corp of Engineers, Nashville District photo	John Spivey
303008302	69k	USED Towboat Hiwassee underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historical Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
302616501	109k	USED Towboat Hiwassee and USED Dredge Tishomingo working at Lock G. Cumberland River above Nashville, 24 May 1931. US Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District photo #3375, found on FLICKR.	John Spivery

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