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West Virginia #507147 Length 150 feet - Breadth 42.1 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1967 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 16:39 on Thursday, May 30, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! Working On The River Before 1/2000 (11 of 11)
GM 16-645E5 diesels, repowered 1988, 5600 hp. Lufkin reduction gears, Kort nozzles. Originally Sarah Jane, owned by Thomas Petroleum Transit, Vanport, PA. Sold to TPT Div., Ashland Oil, Inc., Freedom, PA, renamed City Of Memphis 5/1976. Sold to Madison Coal & Supply Co., Charleston, WV, renamed West Virginia 1/1987. Firm became Amherst Madison, Inc., Charleston, WV 1/2010.
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