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USED Snagboat / Towboat Charles H. West


Sternwheel Snagboat.Towboat:
  • Laid down in 1934 for the US Army Corps of Engineers at Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN.
  • Launched in 1934
  • Delivered to the the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1934
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Snagboat Charles H. West in 1934
  • Named for a long time member of the Mississippi River Commission
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District
  • Decommissioned and retired from US Army service in 1958
  • Sold in 1969, converted to a restaurant boat at James B. Eads Corp, St. Louis, MO., renamed LT. Robert E. Lee
  • Final Disposition, burnt, 21 March 2010, at St. Louis, MO.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 746 t.
    Length 195'
    Beam 38'
    Draft 7'6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Crane unknown
    Propulsion
    two Foster-Wheeler boilers, 250psi
    two Iowa Machine Works compound steam engines (low pressure cylinder aft) 14's, 28's-6 ft. stroke, rated at 500hat 200rpm
    sternwheel, 19' diameter by 22'5" wide, 14 buckets, 30" dip

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    USED Snagboat Charles H. West
    Chalres H. West
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    Charles H. West
    Charles H. West was Chief Engineer for the Mississippi Levee Board from 1898 to 1910, and Member of the Mississippi River Commission
    Tommy Trampp
    Chalres H. West
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    179k USED Snagboat Charles H. West pulling snags, date and location unknown.
    Smithsonian Institute
    John Spivey
    Chalres H. West
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    88k USED Snagboat Charles H. West underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo
    John Spivey
    Chalres H. West
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    133k USED Snagboat Charles H. West underway on the Cumberland River, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library
    John Spivey
    Chalres H. West
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    103k 1955 Topps Rails & Sails #142 USED Snagboat Charles H. West Tommy Trampp
    Commercial Service
    Chalres H. West
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    90k (Ex-USED Snagboat Charles H. West) in commercial service as LT. Robert E. Lee Seafood Restaurant, St. Louis, MO. 1968 Tommy Trampp
    Chalres H. West
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    Chalres H. West
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    Chalres H. West
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    75k LT. Robert E. Lee Seafood Restaurant, burning, 21 March 2010.
    St. Louis Public Radio
    John Spivey

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