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USED Dredge Kwasind

Sternwheel Dipper Dredge:

Built in 1899 at Knoxville, Tennessee

Launched in 1899

Delivered to the US Army Engineers 1899

Assigned to the US Army Engineers District unknown

Christened, commissioned and placed in service, date unknown

USED Kwasind worked on the upper Tennessee River and tributaries

Retired from Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 70'
Beam 22'
Draft 6'
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Propulsion

boiler(s)

reciprocating steam engine(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
302622102	82k	*Namesake* Kwasind - Kwasind was a character in “The Song of Hiawatha,” an 1855 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kwasind helped his friend, Hiawatha, to remove roots, sandbars, and sturgeons from rivers and lakes. (https://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/)	Tommy Trampp
302622101	120k	USED Kwasind working on the Tennessee River, date unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library	John Spivey
302622103	84k	USED Kwasind working at the shoals where North Chickamauga Creek flowed into the Tennessee at Big Ridge. "Party No 2 worked at North Chickamauga Shoals from July 1 to 28 and October 1 to 11 1919. https://www.chattanoogan.com	Tommy Trampp

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