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The snagboat Montgomery on the Apalachicola River, Florida, during the early 1900s.

A snagboat is a river boat, resembling a barge with superstructure for crew accommodations, and deck-mounted cranes and hoists for removing snags and other obstructions from rivers and other shallow waterways.

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Snagboat

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A snagboat is a river boat, resembling a barge with superstructure for crew accommodations, and deck-mounted cranes and hoists for removing snags and other...

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Dredging

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barge. Its effectiveness depends on depth pressure.[citation needed] A snagboat is designed to remove big debris such as dead trees and parts of trees...

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USS Benton

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senator Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was a former center-wheel catamaran snagboat and was converted by James B. Eads, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1861 and commissioned...

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Riverboat

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a museum ship that was once a specialised river dredge, also called a "snagboat". Some large riverboats are comparable in accommodation, food service,...

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List of ships of the United States Army

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Bear (snagboat) Montgomery (snagboat) Seizer (snagboat) Sergeant Floyd (towboat) William M. Black (dredge) WT Preston (snagboat) Yuba (snagboat) During...

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List of museum ships in North America

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Memorial Park". USS Alabama Memorial Park. Retrieved 14 September 2016. "Snagboat Montgomery". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 14 March 2017. "Libby's...

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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Fort Mitchell Tuskegee Institute Kenworthy Hall Moundville Site Montgomery (snagboat) Swayne Hall, Talladega College Foster Auditorium J. L. M. Curry Home Barton Hall...

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Steamboat

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built in 1937 by the Canadian federal Department of Public Works as a snagboat for clearing logs and debris out of the lower reaches of the Fraser River...

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Preston

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multiple ships USS Preston, multiple ships WT Preston, a stern wheel snagboat operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers Preston University (United States)...

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Ouachita River

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Contemporaries claimed that they could "run with a lot of heavy dew". In 1881 a snagboat was employed on the river and a boat for dredging in the shoals to the...

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Henry Miller Shreve

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finding a solution to this problem. He had been working on a design for a "snagboat" since 1821, "and the first twin steam snag-boat, the Heliopolis, was commenced...

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List of World War II vessel types of the United States

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include: Sergeant Floyd (towboat) William M. Black (dredge) Montgomery (snagboat) WT Preston The 1943 Engineer Field Manual described a table of organization...

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Connections Museum

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Wooden Boats Coast Guard Museum Northwest Mukilteo Light Northwest Seaport Snagboat Heritage Center Working Waterfront Maritime Museum Military Coast Guard...

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Horace Ezra Bixby

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very end of his life. His final command assignment, of the government snagboat Horatio G. Wright, was completed on July 30, 1912. He was awaiting a call...

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List of Seattle landmarks

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2656 42nd Avenue SW More images Smith Tower 506 2nd Avenue More images Snagboat W.T. Preston Now on dry land in Anacortes, Washington More images Sorrento...

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