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Sprague
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Sprague
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View of the Sprague while towing.
Sprague
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Sprague
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is turned at an average speed of 8 1/2 revolutions per minute by two 28 inch x 63 inch by 12 feet compound condensing engines. The Sprague was designed and built to tow coal from the Pittsburgh Coal District, in the spring of each year when river conditions were favorable, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Southern ports. It is believed her first large coal tow arrived in the Memphis
Sprague
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Sprague
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diameter and 14 feet long. The pilot house is 26 x 20 feet and houses a pilot wheel 13 1/2 feet in diameter. The Sprague was designed and built to tow coal from the Pittsburgh coal district down the Ohio and Mississippi River to Southern ports. When completed and placed in service Captains Henry B. Nye and Calvin Blazer (spoken affectionately as \"Poor Boy\" and \"Quaker Oats\") became her pilots. It was
Sprague
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Sprague
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SPRAGUE north of Vicksburg. Capt. A.L. McMurray
The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 40
Title
The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 40
Date
1910-01-01,
Description
Vol. XXII. No. 40. Some Good, Practical Talk. By Capt. John M. Sweeney, M. E.

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