Iowa Iron Works
Iowa Iron Works, renamed Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in 1904, was a manufacturing company established in Dubuque, Iowa in 1883.[1]
Notable Boats
[edit]Sprague built in 1901, was the world's largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat.[2]
In 1907, the Sprague set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of 6+1⁄2 acres, and measuring 925 feet (282 m) by 312 feet (95 m).[3] A model of Sprague is in the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
United States Coast Guard inland construction tender USCGC Smilax (WLIC-315) built 1943–1944, was designated Queen of the Fleet, the Coast Guard's oldest commissioned cutter, in April 2011.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Shaffer, James L; Tigges, John T (2000). Dubuque, Iowa : then & now. Chicago: Arcadia. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7385-0744-6. OCLC 45759663. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ↑ "The Builders". Features & Exhibits. The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ↑ "Steamboat Navigation". Mississippi River Navigation. United States Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ↑ Papp, Robert J., ADM (April 14, 2011). "Smilax becomes Queen of the Fleet". Coast Guard Compass. United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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