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USED Towboat Cayuga

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1916 by the Charles Barnes Co., at Cincinnati, OH.

Launched in 1916

Delivered to the US Army Engineering Department in 1916

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1916 by the U.S. Engineering Department as USED Towboat Cayuga

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District

Cayuga worked on the Ohio River

Retired from Army service, circa 1949

Sold in October 1949 to Richvein Coal Company of Cincinnati, OH.

Re-sold in December 1949 to the River Transportation Company of Cincinnati, OH. and converted to a sparboat

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1949

Specifications:
Displacement 335 t.
Length 163'7"
Beam 31'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4'2"
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

condensing reciprocating steam engine, 15's-6ft. stroke

return flue boilers

single stack

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303012801	84k	USED Towboat Cayuga underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection	John Spivey
303012802	272k	USED Towboat Cayuga moored to a riverbank, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat Photograph Collection	Tommy Trampp
303012803	168k	USED Towboat Cayuga during ceremonial trip to U.S. Grant's birthplace. President Warren G. Harding is on the second deck forward, 27 April 1920. Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library	John Spivey

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