History | |
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United States | |
Name | William M. Black |
Owner |
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Builder | Marietta Manufacturing Co. |
Launched | 1934 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Type | Dustpan dredge |
Length | 277 ft (84 m) |
Beam | 85 ft (26 m) |
Depth | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Sidewheels |
Crew | 49 |
William M. Black (dredge) | |
Location | Third Street at the Ice Harbor, Dubuque, Iowa |
Coordinates | 42°29′44″N 90°39′44″W / 42.49556°N 90.66222°W |
Built | 1934 |
Architect | Marietta Manufacturing Co. |
NRHP reference No. | 82002618 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 12 April 1982[1] |
Designated NHL | 27 April 1992[2] |
William M. Black is a steam-propelled, sidewheel dustpan dredge, named for William Murray Black, now serving as a museum ship in the harbor of Dubuque, Iowa. Built in 1934, she is one of a small number of surviving steam-powered dredges, and one of four surviving United States Army Corps of Engineers dredges. She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.[2][3] She is open for tours as part of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium.