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From: Dick Wicklund
Location: Burton, Michigan
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Remote Name: 68.61.222.217
Date: 11.30.06
Time: 06:58:16 PM
This might be slightly off subject since this is in regard to tugs and barges, but 100 years ago, when steamers towed barges, they would swap barges - empty for loaded ones. Pittsburgh Steamship Company would be the best example of this.
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