John and Gerald
Thanks John for pointing out your already work with photos of the "Q Navy"
In the ICC Valuation report Account 23 Wharves and Docks it lists several
docks
on the Chicago River and tributary canals, the dock at Metropolis and small
wharf at Peru, Ill.
It would be nice to find some info on the Peru docks and gangs stationed there
as there were swing bridges with one at La Salle (Illinois River) and two at
Ottawa(Illinois River and I&M Canal) Just after the Report was put out the
Channelization Project on the Illinois River forced the Railroads and towns to
rebuild the bridges to allow larger(taller) boats thru. So the work was
finished(except for maintenance)on the Ohio River Bridge and the equipment
would
have moved to the Illinois River to rebuild those bridges. I haven't found
when
the I&M Canal swing bridge was rebuilt to the present fill but the canal was
filled with WPA labor in the 1932-35 era.
Then there was the coal docks at Beardstown and north of there. To say nothing
of the continual maintenance on the Mississippi River bridges.
What is of most interest is the MOW car No. 214003 Concrete Mixer Car. What
did it look like and was it used to put in the piers of the elevation at
Aurora. All photos I have seen show the piers up and the top being put on.
Steve in SC
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From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, November 25, 2010 12:09:22 PM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Floating Equipment
Gerald
Most of this floating equipment was located at Metropolis, Illinois. This was
covered in BB #35. Before the Metropolis bridge was completed, the Q used the
IC's car ferry, the"W.B. Duncan" (page 167) on a per car fee basis with a
minimum of fifty cars per day, between Metropolis and Paducah. The "Isabella"
was a steam powered tugboat, that was the "switch engine" at the barge
dock.(page 182). She was replaced later by a gasoline powered tugboat (page
185). The barges were used to haul ties off the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
to the docks at Metropolis, to be carried by rail to the tie plants at
Metropolis or Galesburg. The stern wheeler steam boat the "Northstar" (page
184) was used as a tow boat. The diver's boat was here too, as the "slips"
sometimes derailed underwater. The floating pile driver was used to maintain
the
"fender" pilings at the dock. Some of the smaller craft were used by the paint
gang. They had a "safety man" in a boat under
the bridge when they were working (page 170). So you see Southern Illinois was
a
lot more than coal mines!
--- On Thu, 11/25/10, Gerald Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Gerald Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Floating Equipment
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 8:39 AM
I beleive the Isabella was the carferry @ Metropolis and many of the barges
were
used in conjunction orf working on bridges on navigable rivers and the several
piers/wharfs Q had on Chicago River. (grain operations, etc)
Could be a heckuva of an article if we can get some photos, stories and more
data. Tks Charlie!
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: cvlk@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:54:37 -0600
Subject: [CBQ] Floating Equipment
Here are excerpts from the ICC Valuation Report for the CB&Q regarding Floating
Equipment.
As you can see, the CB&Q had a little navy at one time!!
Charlie Vlk
ICC BUREAU OF VALUATION CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY
FLOATING EQUIPMENT
Length Width Depth Built
Steamer "Isabella" 103' 21'-6" 6' 1880 rblt 1903 purchased secondhand
Barge #14 65'-7" 26' 4' unknown purchased secondhand
wood construction
Barge #20 65'-7" 26' 4' unknown purchased secondhand
WORK EQUIPMENT
Barge - Wood Construction
No # 32' 8' 2'-9" unknown
No # 32' 8' 2'-9" unknown
5 60' 19'-10" 4'-4" 1910
6 60' 19'-10" 4'-4" 1910
8 & 9 1912
102 Dimensions Unknown 1915
204 & 205 60' 19'-10" 4'-4" 1913
No # 32' 8' 2'-8" unknown
No # 32' 11-10" 2'-6" unknown
No # 32' 11-10" 2'-6" unknown
No # 32' 11-10" 2'-6" unknown
No # 32' 11-10" 2'-6" unknown
110 Dimensions Unknown 1915
103 & 104 Dimensions Unknown 1915
111 Dimensions Unknown 1915
Diving Boat & Outfit
No # 20'-9" 10' 2' 1910
???ll Boat & Outfit
No # 51'-6" 14' 4'-4" 1914
Tow Boat - Wood Hull
2 54' 12' 2'-8' 1910
201 72' 16' 4' 1923
Hydraulic Dredge Boat
1 119' 30' 5'-8" 1910
7 119' 30' 5'-8" 1912
20 148'-10" 42' 7'-6" 1913
Pile Driver Boat
No # Dimensions Unknown 1910
Gasoline Launch
No # 18' 4' Unknown 15 HP 1910
No # 21' 4' Unknown 18HP 1913
Pontoons - Wood Construction
11-18 36'-6" 11'-10" 2'-6" 1910
19-23 36'-6" 11'-10" 2'-6" 1910
25-37 36'-6" 11'-10" 2'-6" 1912
105 30' 10' 2' 1915
108 & 109 30' 10' 2' 1915
206-220 40' 16' 3'-6" 1913
Skiff - Wood Construction
No # 18' 4' Unknown Unknown
No # 22' 5' Unknown Unknown
No # 20' 4' Unknown Unknown
No # 18' 4' Unknown Unknown
4 Dimensions Unknown 1910
10 Dimensions Unknown 1912
203 Dimensions Unknown 1913
Scow - Wood Construction
No # 16' 4' Unknown Unknown
38 20' 4' Unknown Unknown
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