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USED Pearl

Snagboat
  • Built in 1897 at Keokuk, IA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Pearl date unknown
  • Assigned to the US Army Engineers Chicago District and used on the Illinois River
  • Rebuilt at Beardstown, IL. in 1908, then measuring 85.1 x 18 x 4.
  • Sold, circa 1935 to Kahlke Bros. of Rock Island, IL.
  • Kahlke Bros. widen her, dimensions, 91 x 19 x 2.8.
  • Final Disposiiton, sank at the Kahlke yard in 1951
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 79.3'
    Beam 16.6'
    Draft 3.7'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Machinery unknown
    Propulsion
    Steam - 10’s-4 ft. stroke, rated 150 hp.
    Sternwheel
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    Pearl
    303207801    		 225k USED Pearl underway, 3 August 1908, after installation of self-propelling machinery.
    Office of History, HQ, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Image currently located at CEHO, Civil Works Images, Box 56, Folder 15.    		 Robert Hurst
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