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USED Dredge William M. Black

Self-Propelled Dustpan Dredge:
  • Built in 1933-4, at Marietta Manufacturing Co. Point Pleasant, W.V.
  • Launched, in 1934
  • Delivered, 5 December 1934, and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Dredge William M. Black
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District
  • Final Disposition, Museum in Dubuque IA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1362 t.
    Length 277'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 9'
    Discharge Line 34'
    Complement 42
    Propulsion
    two steam engines
    two sidewheels

    Photo from Encyclopedia Dubuque
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    Willam M. Black
    30266505    		 176k
    Namesake

    William Murray Black (December 8, 1855 – September 24, 1933) was career officer in the United States Army, noted for his ability to organize and train young engineers. (Wikipedia)/font>
    US National Archives Photo # 111-SC-6298, a US Army Signal Corps photo by LT. E.M. deBerri, dated 18 April 1918     		Tommy Trampp
    Willam M. Black
    30266501    		 229k William M. Black dredging a shallow crossing in the Missouri River, date unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Ste. Genevieve
    30266004    		 141k The dredges William M. Black and Sainte Genevieve dredge opposite each other in October 1952 building the Kansas City Division channel diversion. An Earth wall 50' wide was left between the two dredges which was blasted out.
    University of Missouri, Saint Louis.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Ste. Genevieve
    30266005    		 153k
    Ste. Genevieve
    30266006    		 142k
    Willam M. Black
    30266502    		 101k Ex-William M. Black moored pierside at Dubuque, IA. Tommy Trampp
    Willam M. Black
    30266507    		 162k A view of the Julien Dubuque Bridge, in Dubuque, Iowa. The former U.S Army dredge USACE William M. Black, a National Historic Landmark, is in the foreground.
    The image is entitled Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Dubuque Ice Harbor, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA. Image courtesy of federal HABS—Historic American Buildings Survey in Iowa project (c. 1986). Survey number HABS IA-160-AQ-2. Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.    		 Robert Hurst
    Willam M. Black
    30266503    		 323k Ex-William M. Black moored pierside at Dubuque, IA., 20 September 2008. William M. Black is a permanent exhibit moored in the Ice Harbor near the National Rivers Hall of Fame and the Fred W. Woodward Riverboat Museum. William M. Black is one the museums operated by the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Black was named for the chief of the United States Army Corps of Engineers following World War II.  
    Willam M. Black
    30266504    		 82k U.S. National Historic Landmark ex-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Self-propelled Dustpan Dredge William M. Black moored pierside at National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, IA., 21 November 2009.
    Photo by Bill Wittaker    		 Wikipedia
    Willam M. Black
    30266506    		 129k U.S. National Historic Landmark ex-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Self-propelled Dustpan Dredge William M. Black moored pierside at National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, IA., date unknown.
    Photo by Larry Myhre    		 John Spivey
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