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Pure Oil Steamship Company Barge No. 9 - (1924-1927)
Unfortunaly no picture available, anyone ?????
Built by American Steel barge Company, Superior, Wis., in 1891
Built as "118" - U.S. in 1891
Re-built as "BOSTON" in 1911 Whaleback Barge
U.S. No. 53272. 1310 grt - 1265 nrt 265.0 X 36.0 X 22.0
Renamed "BOSTON" - U.S. in 1911
"FREEPORT SULPHUR No. 3". - U.S. in 1917
"PURE OIL STEAMSHIP Co. Barge No. 9" - U.S. in 1924
"PURE DETONEX" - U.S. in 1927
Scrapped at Houston, Texas, 1946, by Great Lakes Emgineering Works.
No further history known.