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USED Snagboat/Towboat Swan
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 USED Snagboat/Towboat General Theodore Schwann (1903 - 1907)

Sternwheel Snagboat / Towboat:
  • Built in 1903 as the towboat / snagboat General Theodore Schwann by Riter-Conley Co., Leesdale, PA.
  • Launched, circa 1903
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED General Theodore Schwann, circa 1903
  • Assigned to the US Army Engineers Pittsburgh District
  • Name shortened to USED Swan in 1907
  • USED Swan was often used to do repair work around the locks and dams on the upper Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers.
  • Retired from Army service, circa 1932
  • Sold in 1932 to CAPT. W. H. Muller of Glenwillard, PA., renamed William Muller
  • Sold in 1933 to Constanzo Coal Co. of Wheeling, WV, renamed Richland.
  • Final Disposition, dismantled in the spring of 1941 and became a landing boat in Cincinnati.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 159'
    Beam 31'3"
    Draft 5'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    steam engine(s)
    boiler(s)
    sternwheel
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    USED General Theodore Schwann
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    303204108    		 179k USED General Theodore Schwann tied up to the the river bank, probably in 1903 at her builders yard, Riter-Conley Co., Leesdale, PA.
    University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Photograph Collection.    		 John Spivey
    USED Swan
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    303204102    		 120k USED Swan tied up to the bank of a river, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library    		 John Spivey
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    303204103    		 101k USED Swan underway, date and location unknown
    Elizabeth Marine Ways, Steamboat Building in Elizabeth, PA. Photo by CAPT. William S. Pollock    		 Tommy Trampp
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    303204104    		 195k USED Swan underway with a tow, date and location unknown
    Elizabeth Marine Ways, Steamboat Building in Elizabeth, PA.    		 Tommy Trampp
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    303204106    		 196k USED Swan underway with a tow near Charleroi, PA. on the Monongahela River, date unknown.
    Elizabeth Marine Ways Steamboat Building in Elizabeth, PA.    		 Tommy Trampp
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    303204107    		 139k USED Swan tied up to a dock while with passengers aboard, date and location unknown.
    Photo from www.flickr.com, sourceUS Army Corp of Engineers photo from the University out Missouri, St. Louis, Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterway Library    		 John Spivey
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    303204102    		 120k USED Swan tied up to the bank of a river, 1932 and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library    		 John Spivey
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    303204105    		 195k USED Swan underway passing through a lock, 1932 and location unknown
    Elizabeth Marine Ways Steamboat Building in Elizabeth, PA.    		 Tommy Trampp
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