LONESTAR - LeClaire IA
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nomadwillie
N 41° 35.878 W 090° 20.567
15T E 721453 N 4608551
The Lone Star is a wooden, steam-powered, sternwheel-propelled towboat built in 1868
Waymark Code: WMPHVC
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2015
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Built in 1868 at Lyons, Iowa as a short trade packet to carry mail and passengers. She was converted to a towboat in 1876. The boat was lengthened in 1890 and partially rebuilt in 1922 to replace worn and rotten parts. She is one of three remaining Western Rivers steam towboats and the only example of a wooden-hull boat built in the traditional Western Rivers fashion.
Built by Sam Mitchell of Lyons IA ran her as a short-trade packet between Davenport and Buffalo, IA. After the second season it was taken out of the packet business and put to work as a towing vessel.
The Lonestar was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
Is there a tour: Yes
If boat is a garden what was planted in it: Not listed
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