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USED Towboat Miami

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1912 by the Charles Barnes Co., Cincinnati, OH.

Launched, in 1912

Delivered to the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1912

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Towboat Miami in 1912

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers District, unknown

Miami worked on the Kanawha River

Retired from US Army service, circa 1936

Sold to Charles Zubik in 1936, where she towed on contact towing slag between Weirton and points up the Kanawha River

Final Disposition, dismantled in October 1946, used as a landing boat at Pittsburgh, PA.

Specifications:
Displacement 83 t.
Length 135'2"
Beam 30'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4'4"
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

reciprocating steam engine(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303011203	326k	Inboard to Outboard: USED Towboat Guyandot; USED Towboat Miami and USED Towboat Scioto at Cincinatti, OH. in 1913 , while under construction by the Charles Barnes Co. University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat Collection	Tommy Trampp
303018302	254k	USED Miami moored aft of USED Towboat Scioto and USED Towboat Guyandot at Cincinatti, OH., in 1916. University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat Collection	Tommy Trampp
303018301	59k	USED Miami underway with a tow, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCRosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey

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