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Donald B. (towboat)
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DONALD B, originally STANDARD, and now BARBARA H is a towboat that has been named a U.S. National Historic Landmark
and is now based at Lamb, Indiana, across the Ohio River
from Carrollton, Kentucky
. She is owned by the Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society, a not-for-profit corporation.
The boat was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1989.
The boat measures 99 feet (30.2 m) long overall (80 feet (24.4 m) hull length plus the paddlewheel) by 18 feet (5.5 m) beam. She draws 32 inch (0.8128 m). She is powered by a 160 hp 1940 Fairbanks-Morse 35E10 direct reversing diesel engine. She measures 51 gross registry tons and displaces approximately 108 lt.
Vessels which move barges on the Mississipi River and its tributaries are known as "towboats" despite the fact that they do not tow barges, but always push barges from behind.
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
and is now based at Lamb, Indiana, across the Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
from Carrollton, Kentucky
Carrollton, Kentucky
Carrollton is a town in Carroll County, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Kentucky River. Its population was 3,846 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County....
. She is owned by the Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society, a not-for-profit corporation.
The boat was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1989.
The boat measures 99 feet (30.2 m) long overall (80 feet (24.4 m) hull length plus the paddlewheel) by 18 feet (5.5 m) beam. She draws 32 inch (0.8128 m). She is powered by a 160 hp 1940 Fairbanks-Morse 35E10 direct reversing diesel engine. She measures 51 gross registry tons and displaces approximately 108 lt.
Nomenclature
- 1923 - 1940 STANDARD, owned by Standard Oil Company of OhioStandard Oil of OhioStandard Oil of Ohio or Sohio was an American oil company that was acquired by British Petroleum, now called BP.It was one of the successor companies to Standard Oil after the antitrust breakup in 1911. Standard Oil of Ohio was the original Standard Oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller. It...
- 1940 - 2001 DONALD B, named after the owner's son, Donald Brookbank, who later became her Captain
- 2001 - BARBARA H named after the Captain's wife, Barbara Huffman
Vessels which move barges on the Mississipi River and its tributaries are known as "towboats" despite the fact that they do not tow barges, but always push barges from behind.