A snagboat is a river boat, resembling a barge with superstructure for crew accommodations, and deck-mounted cranes and hoists for removing snags and other...
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W. T. Preston (redirect from Snagboat W.T. Preston)
W. T. Preston is a specialized sternwheeler that operated as a snagboat, removing log jams and natural debris that prevented river navigation on several...
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Montgomery is a steam-powered sternwheel-propelled snagboat built in 1925 by the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company of Charleston, South Carolina...
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USS Benton (section Conversion from snagboat)
senator Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was a former center-wheel catamaran snagboat and was converted by James B. Eads, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1861 and commissioned...
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Seizer was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as the first snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the Sacramento River....
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Yuba was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as a snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Yuba was a stern-wheeled, shallow...
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Bear was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as a snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Bear was a stern-wheeled, shallow...
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approved funding for the waterway project. The Montgomery, a 1925 restored snagboat, is located at the museum and operated as a museum ship. Pickensville was...
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a museum ship that was once a specialised river dredge, also called a "snagboat". Some large riverboats are comparable in accommodation, food service,...
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