History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Builder | Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works |
Launched | 1927 |
Out of service | 1960 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Length | 162.5 ft (49.5 m) |
Beam |
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Depth | 5.1 ft (1.6 m) |
Installed power | 2 × Nordberg Machine Works tandem-compound condensing steam engines |
Propulsion |
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George M. Verity (Towboat) | |
Location | Keokuk, Iowa |
Coordinates | 40°23′25.4″N 91°22′47.5″W / 40.390389°N 91.379861°W |
Built | 1927 |
Architect | Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works |
NRHP reference No. | 89002459 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 20 December 1989[1] |
Designated NHL | 29 December 1989[2] |
George M. Verity is a historic towboat now displayed as a museum ship in Keokuk, Iowa. Built in 1927 as SS Thorpe, she is nationally significant for being one of only three surviving steam-powered towboats in existence in the United States. She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][3]