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Barbour Metal Boat Works, St. Louis MO

Most recent update: September 27, 2010.

I cannot find any background information on Barbour Metal Boat Works except that it was in business at least as early as 1928 and, judging by their hull numbers, many years before that.  It appears to have started off in Valley Park MO, moved to Oakville in 1950 and to St. Louis in 1960, before closing in the big collapse of 1982.  If anyone can point me to its location in any of these three cities and/or add to the table below, please send your info to timcolton@aol.com 

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Built Disposition
Built in Valley Park
  Dixie   Sternwheeler   1929 Still active in Webster Lake IN
952 Ste. Genevieve Hermann Sand & Gravel Towboat 15 1943  
  Big River Big River Construction Towboat 14 1944  
  McBride    Illinois Central Railroad Towboat    1946 Active
1039 Henry J II L W Matteson Inc Towboat 17 1948 Active
1059 Vickie Ann Luhr Bros Inc Towboat 14 1950 Active
Built in Oakville
  George G   Gestring Towing Co. Towboat  38 1950 Active
1067 Benny S Ft Loudoun Terminal Passenger 14 1951  
1071 Sunshine   Towboat 22 1951  
1072 Meramec    Gestring Towing Co. Towboat  28 1952 Active
  Gail L. R. W. George Towboat  19 1951 Now Willie Franklin
  Blue Water    Tennessee Valley Auth. Towboat  29 1952 Now Gene Ready
1076 Billy Gene   Luhr Bros., Inc. Towboat  68 1953 Active
  Black Diamond   Poplar Ridge Coal Co. Towboat    1953 Active
  Trailblazer    Paradise Collieries Inc. Towboat  36 1953 Active
1084 Custer Kanawha Sand Co. Towboat  41 1954 Now Chipper
  Philip Sporn Ohio Power Co. Towboat  22 1954 Now Anne Leslie
  Yankeetown    Edward F. Peppard Towboat    1954 Active
  Clifty Creek  Indiana & Kentucky Electric Corp. Towboat  27 1954 Active
  Kyger Creek   Ohio Valley Electric Corp. Towboat  27 1954 Active
1089 Miss Marilyn Two Rivers Excursions, Inc Towboat 10 1954  
  Lazy Lay Lay III Llc Recreational 37 1955  
  Joppa Griffin Marine Terminal Towboat    1955 Now Kay-Bob
1100 John Paul Jones  Powers Thompson Construction Co. Towboat  13 1955 Active
  Sandy Iron City Sand & Gravel Corp. Towboat    1955 Now Lil Nick
  White Rock   Owensboro River Sand & Gravel Co. Towboat    1955 Active
  Speck Criss Kanawha Sand Co. Towboat  39 1955 Now Robert E
  Missouri    Norman Bros., Inc. Towboat  22 1956 Active
  Miss Jessie Green River Towing Corp. Towboat    1956 Now Gorgas
  Parkersburg    Kanawha Sand Co. Towboat  44 1956 Active
1105 Old Abe Peabody Coal Co. Towboat 48 1956 Active
1107 Vienna Kanawha Sand Co. Towboat  46 1956 Now Bonnie J. Johnson
1108 Timmy    Campbell Barge Line Towboat  74 1957 Active
  Empress II Gateway Clipper Inc Towboat 38 1957  
1112 Lois E H Partners Llc Towboat 85 1957  
  Gateway Liner     Towboat    1957 Active
  Frankie & Johnnie Memphis Boat Refueling Service, Inc. Towboat    1957 Now Earl C
  Ida Crown   Material Service Corp. Towboat    1957 Active
1119 Alcosan    Alleghenny County Sanitary Authority Towboat  21 1958 Active
  Omal Ray B. Potts Towing Co. Towboat    1958 Now William H
  J. E. Potter  Arrow Transportation Co. Towboat  36 1958 Active
  Mr. Bill Magnolia Marine Transport Company Towboat 17 1959  
  Okaw    Atlas Towing Co. Towboat    1959 Active
  Tanners Creek No. 2 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. Towboat    1959 Active
  Mississippi III   Mississippi Lime Co. Towboat  33 1959 Active
  Decatur Decatur Sand & Gravel Co. Towboat    1959 Now Ernie D
  Norbroco Norman Bros., Inc. Towboat    1959 Now Patricia Lynn

1113

 Joe Lucas Ohio River Sand & Gravel Co. Towboat  92 1960 Now Jessie R. Johnson
  Twyla Marge   Luhr Bros., Inc. Towboat    1960 Active
  St. Marys Ohio River Sand & Gravel Co. Towboat  86 1960 Now Sonny J
Built in St. Louis
  Su-Mac Su-Mac Towing Co. Towboat    1961 Now Annie S
1135 Jay Gene   Luhr Bros., Inc. Towboat  62 1961 Active
  Bingo Capt. Edward F. Smith Towboat  80 1961 Now Lauren Allyssa
  W. H. Shaver, Jr. Tri-State Materials Towboat  104 1961 Now Ralph B
1140 Albob Luhr Bros Inc Towboat 117 1962  
1141 Atlas    Norman Bros., Inc. Towboat  140 1962 Active
  Totem Kole II  Ameren U. E. Towboat    1962 Active
  Albob    Luhr Bros., Inc. Towboat    1962 Active
1142 Barbara Ann   Central States Dredging Co. Towboat  35 1963 Active
  Nancy E II  Columbia Sand Co. Towboat    1963 Active
1143 Shelby Su-Mac Towing Co. Towboat  71 1963 Now Barbara Lynn
  Fines Bluff Gestring Towing Co. Towboat    1963 Now Peggy
  Siola    Luhr Bros., Inc. Towboat    1963 Active
1147 Tom, Jr. Campbell Barge Line Towboat  168 1964 Now John L. Rozance
1148 Edward Perry   Davis Construction Co. Towboat  81 1964 Active
1149 Taylor Renee Superior Marine Ways Inc Towboat 88 1964  
  Tanners Creek III American Electric Power Towboat    1965 Now Metropolis Terminal II
  Nadine Baker   Crounse Corp. Towboat    1965 Active
1152 Betty Feagin   Crounse Corp. Towboat  137 1965 Active
1153 Paul D   Kanawha Sand Co. Towboat  84 1966 Active
1155 Philip S II  Ohio Power Co. Towboat  66 1966 Active
  D. L. Johnson  Campbell Transportation Co. Towboat    1966 Active
  Zelda Humphrey   Crounse Corp. Towboat    1967 Active
  Fred R. Shedd  Ohio Valley Electric Corp. Towboat    1967 Active
  Jean McDowell Peabody Coal Co. Towboat  73 1967 Now Bus Brown
1160 Brenda Edwards Crounse Corp. Towboat  136 1968 Now Alice
1161 White House   Ray B. Potts Towing Co. Towboat  101 1968 Active
  Genevieve Crounse Corp. Towboat  136 1969 Now Joe T
  Frank Pitz   Massman Construction Co. Towboat    1969 Active
1163 Hatfield's Ferry West Penn Power Co. Towboat  38 1969 Now Mitchell
  ZMS    Dayton Power & Light Co. Towboat    1970 Active
1166 Boonesboro    O. F. Shearer & Sons Towboat  169 1970 Active
  Ray Pensrum   Massman Construction Co. Towboat    1970 Active
  Dutchman    Massman Construction Co. Towboat    1971 Active
  Lenard    Luhr Bros., Inc. Towboat    1971 Active
  Mitchell I   Ohio Power Co. Towboat    1971 Active
  Lisa Ann   Southern Illinois Sand Co. Towboat    1972 Active
1172 General Gavin   Ohio Power Co. Towboat  69 1972 Active
1173 Phoebe Mercer   Universal Towing Co. Towboat  95 1973 Now Eddie B. Marsh
  George B   Marine Equipment Co. Towboat    1973 Active
  Mississippi IV   Mississippi Lime Co. Towboat    1973 Active
  Jess Wooldridge   Massman Construction Co. Towboat    1974 Active
  Tripper    Universal Towing Co. Towboat    1974 Active
  Metropolis Terminal   Cook Coal Terminal Towboat    1975 Now Lakin Terminal
  Mountaineer    Weirton Steel Co. Towboat    1975 Active
1180 Charlie B   Inland River Service Co. Towboat  47 1976 Active
  Imogene C Machovec's Marine Supply & Leasing Towboat    1977 Now Speranza
  L. P. Wright  Massman Construction Co. Towboat    1977 Active
  Alan Albright Mcginnis Inc Towboat 91 1977  
  Patricia B   Inland River Service Co. Towboat    1978 Active
1184 Janet R   Limited Leasing Co. Towboat  52 1979 Active
1185 Ole Bob K Kelly's Peoria Harbor Service Co. Towboat  51 1979 Now Maud
1186 Danny Lee Partridge Marseilles Marine & Fleeting, Inc. Towboat  52 1980 Now Harvey C
  Catherine-John Missouri Towing & Barge, Inc. Towboat    1982 Now Joanne V.
  Bill Penix Waterfront Services Co. Towboat    1982 Now Carolyn B
1189 Delta Kelly J Imi-South Llc Towboat 78 1982  
  Mary B   Inland River Service Co. Towboat    1984 Active