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USED Towboat Meramec
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 USED Towboat U.S. Engineer No.10

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1899 at Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, in 1899
  • Delivered to the US Army Engineers in 1899
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Towboat Engineer No.10 circa 1899
  • Assigned to the US Army Engineers St. Louis District
  • Renamed USED Meramec in 1911
  • Meramec was used as a towboat and survey boat
  • Final Disposition, turned over and sank at Cairo Point, IL. before 30 June 1926
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 100'
    Beam 24'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 4.7'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine(s)
    boiler(s)
    sternwheel
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    Meramec
    303017901    		 70k USED Towboat Meramec underway with a tow, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
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