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Jack Rathbone - (1936-1949)
"Jack Rathbone", Towboat.
( Photo thanks to University of Wisconsin )
BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Towboat
BUILT: 1937 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia by Marietta Manufacturing Company.
FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to J.D. Clark Company in October 1949 and converted into a dredge "Jack".
OWNERS: Esso Standard Oil Company.
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1315.
She operated out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Jack Rathbone", Towboat.
( Photo thanks to University of Missouri-St. Louis )
The Jack Rathbone is a steel hull, stern-wheel towboat. She was built at Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1937 by the Marietta Manufacturing Company.
Her dimensions are: - 190.1 x 42.1 x 7.2 feet. She is an oil burner and has two Foster-Wheeler water tube boilers. The condensing engines, 16's by 32's
with a 10-foot stroke, produce 1900 horse power at 350 pounds steam pressure. The Rathbone is owned by the Standard Oil Company
of Louisiana at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Jack Rathbone", Towboat.
( Photo thanks to Donald Webre )