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USED Snagboat / Towboat Charles H. West

Sternwheel Snagboat.Towboat:

Laid down in 1934 for the US Army Corps of Engineers at Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN.

Launched in 1934

Delivered to the the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1934

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Snagboat Charles H. West in 1934

Named for a long time member of the Mississippi River Commission

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District

Decommissioned and retired from US Army service in 1958

Sold in 1969, converted to a restaurant boat at James B. Eads Corp, St. Louis, MO., renamed LT. Robert E. Lee

Final Disposition, burnt, 21 March 2010, at St. Louis, MO.

Specifications:
Displacement 746 t.
Length 195'
Beam 38'
Draft 7'6"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Crane unknown

Propulsion

two Foster-Wheeler boilers, 250psi

two Iowa Machine Works compound steam engines (low pressure cylinder aft) 14's, 28's-6 ft. stroke, rated at 500hat 200rpm

sternwheel, 19' diameter by 22'5" wide, 14 buckets, 30" dip

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USED Snagboat Charles H. West
303202904	106k	*Charles H. West* Charles H. West was Chief Engineer for the Mississippi Levee Board from 1898 to 1910, and Member of the Mississippi River Commission	Tommy Trampp
303202901	179k	USED Snagboat Charles H. West pulling snags, date and location unknown. Smithsonian Institute	John Spivey
303202902	88k	USED Snagboat Charles H. West underway, date and location unknown US Army Corps of Engineers photo	John Spivey
303202903	133k	USED Snagboat Charles H. West underway on the Cumberland River, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library	John Spivey
303202908	103k	1955 Topps Rails & Sails #142 USED Snagboat Charles H. West	Tommy Trampp
Commercial Service
303202905	90k	(Ex-USED Snagboat Charles H. West) in commercial service as *LT. Robert E. Lee* Seafood Restaurant, St. Louis, MO. 1968	Tommy Trampp
303202906	85k
303202907	90k
303202909	75k	*LT. Robert E. Lee* Seafood Restaurant, burning, 21 March 2010. St. Louis Public Radio	John Spivey

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