Lone Star (towboat)

LONE STAR (tow boat)
Location: LeClaire, Iowa
Built: 1868
Architect: Multiple
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 89002461
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: December 20, 1989[1]
Designated NHL: December 20, 1989[2]

The Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered paddlewheel towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, USA. It is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. The Lone Star was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 20, 1989.[2][3]

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History

The Lone Star came off the ways at Lyons, Iowa in 1869. Originally the boat was a wood burning side-wheeler. In 1890 it was remodeled and reconfigured as a stern-wheeler. The Lone Star was remodeled a second time in 1899 at the Kahlke Boat Yards in Rock Island, Illinois and again in 1922. On April 21, 1968 the Lone Star was decommissioned. It was last running and is now the last remaining intact wood hull paddlewheel boat that plied the Mississippi River.

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References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ a b "LONE STAR (Towboat)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2086&ResourceType=Structure. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 
  3. ^ Kevin J. Foster (July 10, 1989). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Towboat Lone StarPDF (575 KB). National Park Service. . Accompanying 4 photos, from 1899, 1940, 1942, and 1989.PDF (484 KB)

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