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USED Snagboat Heliopolis

Sidewheel Snagboat
  • Built circa 1838, location unknown,
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Heliopolis, date unknown
  • Assigned to the US Army Engineers District unknown
  • USED Heliopolis worked on the Missouri River
  • Retired from Army service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Machinery unknown
    Propulsion
    boiler(s)
    steam engine(s)
    two sidewheels
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    Heliopolis
    303207301    		 181k Lithograph of USED Snagboat Heliopolis "bucking the snags."
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
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