Manufacturing

Duquesne Towboat
Duquesne Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

Built in Ambridge, Pennsylvania by American Bridge Company in 1929 and completed at Coal Valley, Pennsylvania marine ways. Final Disposition: Dismantled 1964. Owners: U.S. Steel Corporation. Other Information: Ways –…

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Youghiogheny Towboat
Youghiogheny Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

Built in 1927 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by American Bridge Company; completed at Coal Valley, Pennsylvania. Renamed: B.F. Fairless. Final Disposion: Renamed in October 1935. Project Details Owner: Carnegie Steel Location:…

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Allegheny Towboat
Allegheny Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

Built in 1927 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania; completed at Coal Valley, Pennsylvania. Became: J.L. Perry. Final Disposition: Renamed J.L. Perry in June 1945. Owners: Carnegie Steel Company OFFICERS & CREW: Captain…

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J. H. Hillman Towboat
J. H. Hillman Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

Built in 1927 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Decommissioned in 1951. Other Informaiton: Ways – T1253; During her time with Hillman Transportation Company, she spent her days towing coal. She was one…

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Monongahela Towboat
Monongahela Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

Built in 1927 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company (hull); completed at Coal Valley, Pennsylvania. Final Disposition: Retired in 1955, then sold to the McDonough Construction Company in…

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City of Pittsburgh Towboat
City of Pittsburgh Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

Hull built 1926 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by American Bridge Company and completed at Coal Valley marine ways. Retired and in 1951 made into a landing boat. Came out after a…

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Isthmian Towboat
Isthmian Towboat 800 600 Southland Holdings

Launched December 2, 1926; owned by Carnegie Steel. Chartered by the Campbell Transportation Company in 1935-1936 and made several trips Pittsburgh-Memphis. Upbound on December 27, 1935 she went aground on…

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A.O. Ackard Towboat
A.O. Ackard Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

1922 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company and completed at Coal Valley, Pennsylvania marine ways. Became/Renamed as Homestead in 1945. Project Details Owner: Carnegie Steel Location: Ambridge, Pennsylvania,…

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William G. Clyde Towboat
William G. Clyde Towboat 1000 750 Southland Holdings

She was launched on December 30, 1921. On August 7, 1925 she made a trip from Colonial Mine on the Monongahela River to Lock 7 and back to Brownsville towing…

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Tugboat ‘Choctaw’
Tugboat ‘Choctaw’ 300 225 Southland Holdings

Commissioned of April 21, 1943. Decommissioned on March 11, 1947. Transferred to Colombia o n March 1, 1978; Fate unknown. Project Details Owner: Warrior & Gulf Nav. Location: Ambridge, Pennsylvania,…

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