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The Steam Towboat Tornado

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The Steam Towboat Tornado

September 20, 2021

Built by the Axton yard at Brownsville, Pa., in 1895, the sturdy sternwheel towboat Tornado was constructed, to specifications drawn by J.M. Hammitt, on a wooden hull that measured 150… Read More

The Towboat Gleaner The towboat Gleaner at a landing. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Towboat Gleaner

October 5, 2018

Built in 1896 at Madison, Ind., the wooden hull of the towboat Gleaner measured 185 feet in length by 35 feet in width. Five boilers supplied steam to engines (24-inch… Read More