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原文传递 The Sam Craig, A Favorite Of Capt. Bert Shearer

题名：	The Sam Craig, A Favorite Of Capt. Bert Shearer
正文语种：	eng
作者：	DAVID SMITH
摘要：	Attending the Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, Tenn., recently, one of the highlights of the event was visiting with old friends. One of the first we ran into was marine architect Ed Shearer. While he has designed some of the most modern towboats on the rivers today, whenever we are together our conversation usually turns to some of the boats owned in past years by his family and their company, O.E Shearer & Sons River Transportation. It was certainly no different this time. Capt. Charles T. Campbell and others had founded Union Barge Line (UBL) in 1923 with the wood hulled sternwheel steamer Reliance, which had formerly been the Hecla. In 1928 construction began on three new steam towboats built for Union by Midland Barge Company, Midland, Pa. These boats had steel hulls that were 151 by 34 feet and had condensing engines 15's, 30's - 7-foot stroke rated at 750 hp. There were four-return flue boilers installed that were coal-fired. The sternwheel was 19 feet, 4 inches diameter and 23 feet wide, working 13 buckets with a 40-inch dip. These boats were christened C.W. Talbot, J.D. Ayers and Sam Craig. The Craig is the one on which this column will focus.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	137
期：	12
页码：	30,29