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USED Towboat General J.H. Simpson
ex
 USED Towboat General H.L. Abbot (1883 - 1906)

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1895 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched in 1895
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service, 1895 by the U.S. Engineers as USED Towboat General H.L. Abbot
  • Assigned to the U.S. Engineers St. Louis District
  • Renamed General J.H. Simpson in 1906
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Dismantled prior to 1920
  • Sold to a St. Louis garbage concern in July 1925
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 250t.
    Length 170'
    Beam 32'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 5'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion steam engine
    sternwheel
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    USED Towboat General H.L. Abbot
    General H.L. Abbot
    303014601    		 68k USED Towboat General H.L. Abbot tied up to the river bank probably at a shipyard, date unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
    USED Towboat General J.H. Simpson
    General H.L. Abbot
    303014602    		 68k USED Towboat General J.H. Simpson, underway, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
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