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GEO M VERITY
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1927/00/00 Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works Naval Architect SS Thorpe is built at Dubuque, Iowa by the US Government to move barges on the Mississippi River from St Louis to St Paul
1940/00/00 ARMCO Owner Armco Steel Corp buys the SS THORPE, renames it after their founder George M Verity and puts her in service on the Ohio River, retiring in 1961

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Particulars for GEO M VERITY:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Area of Significance Maritime
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 89002459
Resource Type:
Owner: Local
Architect: Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Transportation, Engineering, Maritime history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1927
Historic Function: Transportation, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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