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SPRAGUE (towboat)

  • Address: Washington St
  • Vicinity: Yazoo Diversion Canal, 0.5 mi N of 1st East St
  • Lost Category: Lost Vehicle


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1901/00/00 Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works Naval Architect SPRAGUE is built by Captain Peter Sprague for the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company.
1974/05/15 Sprague is wrecked and burned in Vicksburg

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Particulars for SPRAGUE (towboat):
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Exemplar
Level of Significance National
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th May 1987

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: SPRAGUE
Registry Address: Vicksburg Harbor
Registry Number: 77000795
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Local
Architect: Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register
Certification: Removed from National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; State; Local
Area of Significance: Commerce, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1901
Historic Function: Transportation, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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