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USED Snagboat/Towboat J.G. Parke

Sternwheel Snagboat:

Built in 1882 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, Indiana

Launched in 1882

Completed in 1882

Delivered in 1882 to US Army Engineers

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED J.G. Parke

Assigned to US Army Engineers Rock Island District

J.G.Parke worked on the Missouri River

Converted to a towboat, date unknown

Retired from Army service in 1903 (off the list by 30 June 1904)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 180 t.
Length 140'
Beam 28'
Draft 4'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Propulsion

two reciprocating steam engines, 14 ｽ痴-6 ft. stroke

three boilers

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303204702	129k	USED J.G. Parke tiedup to a riverbank, possibly the Missouri River, 1885. Photo from Cincinnati & H09751047amilton County Public Librar	John Spivey
303204701	98k	USED J.G. Parke underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
303204703	68k	USED J.G. Parke tied up to a riverbank, date and location unknown Photo from facebook.com by Derby Gisclair	John Spivey

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