Slack Barrett (Towboat, 1914-1922; 1937-1949)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1914 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania; completed at Cincinnati
• BECAME: Tuscumbia (1922-1937)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Huntington, West Virginia in March 1949
• OWNERS: Barrett Line; U.S.E. (1922-1937, renamed Tuscumbia); Minneapolis Dredging Company (1937); Ohio River Dredging Company (1939)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Riley Harpole (master, 1914); Captain Mack Wright (master, 1939); John M. Butler (engineer, 1939); Russell Stone (engineer, 1939); Floyd Burris (master, 1915); Clarence Nichols (master, 1915); Charles Nichols (pilot, 1915); Harry Silbernagle (pilot, 1915); Ed Kellog (cook, 1915); Charlie O'Neil (pilot); Charles Huntley (engineer, 1915)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2312; Built by the American Bridge Company. In 1920 she went to Pittsburgh twice to get tows. Sold to the U.S.E. in 1922 and renamed Tuscumbia. In 1937 she was sold at a public sale to the Minneapolis Dredging Company and resumed use of her original name. In March 1940 she ran through herself when upbound leaving the Gallipolis Lock. The Julius Fleischmann was locking behind her and came to aid in landing her. The Slack Barrett had the whistle from the J.C. Rawn
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: With a tow