During its 180 year history, it built 12,917 vessels. Most of them were barges but it also built some towboats and drydocks. During WWII it employed 13,000 people. [WaterwaysJournal] "The company was the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States and the second-largest builder of barges before it closed in 2018." [dbpedia]
David Gulden posted two photos with the comment: "HECK OF A SHIPYARD IN HER DAY."
Gary Guillory: Built themselves out of business in the early 2000's flooding the industry with very well built barges.
I was really hoping to see them go back to building towboat as well. I considered them 2nd best, 1st being a tie between STL Ship and Nashville Bridge.
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Once again, I save a satellite image because the facilities will be disappearing.
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The rail-mounted cranes still exist.
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| Photo by Kathey Freeman, courtesy of American Commercial Barge Line via WaterwaysJournal This last barge was launched on April 23, 2018. |
I fired up Google Earth to go back in time to try to find some work in development. I first found a flood.
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| Google Earth, Apr 2018 |
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