Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — Largest of All Towboats. [ARTICLE]

Largest of All Towboats.

The lowa Iron works of Dubuque has been awarded the contract to build the largest towboat in the world for the Monongahela Coal Company, Pittsburg. The boat will be able to tow fifty steel barges. It will cost $250,000.