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USED Towboat Ada

Sternwheel Towboat:

Laid down in 1889 at Keokuk, Iowa

Launched in 1889

Delivered in 1889 to US Army Engineering Department

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1889 by the US Engineering Department as USED Ada, a small job towboat

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers District Rock Island, IL.

Re-assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers District St. Paul, MN. in 1922

Ada was off the active list by 1923

Wintered over at Fountain City, Wisconsin

Turned over to the US Lighthouse Service circa 1923

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 76'
Beam 11'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3;
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion unknown

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303012202	112k	USED Towboat Ada underway circa 1889-1922 Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library		John Spivey
303012201	56k	USED Towboat Ada moored along a riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection		John Spivey

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