Frank Gilmore

Hartford, John
Steamboat Photo Company

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Frank Gilmore (Steamboat)
Towboats
River steamers
Steamboats

The Frank Gilmore was an old time Pittsburgh towboat of the pool boat type or with the pilot house set down on her boiler deck ahead of the cabin. She was built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1883. Her dimensions were:- 135 x 24.3 x 4.3 feet. Tonnage: 243 gross; 160, net tons. She collided with the Andrew Axton on the Monongahela River above Elizabeth, Pennsylvania on November 23, 1903. A flat in tow of the Gilmore was damaged $200.

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