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The Towboat E.D. Kenna

Old Boat Column

The Towboat E.D. Kenna

November 6, 2020

Built by Ward at Charleston, W.Va., in 1926, the towboat E.D. Kenna was constructed for the Ohio River Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, on a steel hull that was 144 feet… Read More

John’s Towing Refurbishes Towboat —photo by Eric M. Johnson The mv. Miss Mackenzie was originally the Leo D. Guttman.

John’s Towing Refurbishes Towboat

April 2, 2018

John’s Towing Service, Shippingport, Pa., has renamed and refurbished a towboat it bought recently from Murray American Transportation. The vessel came out of the shipyard new in 1973 as the… Read More

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