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USED Towboat Elsie

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1889 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched in 1889

Acquired by the US Army Corp of Engineers in 1889

Christened and Commissioned in 1889, and put into service by the US Army Corp of Engineers as the towboat USED Elsie

Assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers Rock Island, District

Re-assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers St. Paul District in 1919

Rebuilt after 1901 (67' x'13' x 3')

Rebuilt in 1915 (75' x'13' x 3')

Re-assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers Rock Island District in 1925

USED Towboat Elsie worked on the upper Mississippi River

Elsie wintered in Fountain City, WI.

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Elsie was off the list by 30 June 1929

Final Disposition, fate unknown

As Built Specifications:
Displacement 15 t.
Length 65'
Beam 12'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3'

Speed unknown

Crew Accommodations unknown

Propulsion

engine type unknown

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303009201	141k	USED Towboat Elsie at rest moored to a river bank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303009202	77k	USED Towboat Elsie tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection	John Spivey
303009203	78k	USED Towboat Elsie tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown Ebay	Tommy Trampp

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