Английская Википедия:Iowa Iron Works
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Iowa Iron Works, renamed Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in 1904, was a manufacturing company established in Dubuque, Iowa in 1883.[1]
Notable Boats
Sprague built in 1901, was the world's largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat.[2] In 1907, Sprague set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of Шаблон:Frac acres, and measuring Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert.[3] A model of Sprague is in the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
United States Coast Guard inland construction tender Шаблон:USCGC built 1943–1944, was designated Queen of the Fleet, the Coast Guard's oldest commissioned cutter, in April 2011.[4]
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