C. W. Talbot

Hartford, John

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C. W. Talbot (Steamboat)
Towboats
Steamboats
Inland water transportation

The C. W. Talbot is a steel hull, sternwheel towboat. She was built at Midland, Pennsylvania in 1929 by the Midland Barge Company. Her dimensions are:- 151 x 34.7 x 6 feet. She has four boilers. Her compound condensing engines, 15's by 30's with 7-foot stroke, produce 750 horse power. Her paddle wheel is 19 feet 4 inches in diameter, 23 feet long, working 13 buckets of 40-inch dip. The Talbot is owned by the Union Barge Line Corporation of Neville Island, Pennsylvania.

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