- Montgomery (snagboat)
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Montgomery (snagboat)
The Montgomery on the Apalachicola River.
Location: Pickensville, Alabama Coordinates: 33°13′31.73″N 88°15′35.61″W / 33.2254806°N 88.2598917°WCoordinates: 33°13′31.73″N 88°15′35.61″W / 33.2254806°N 88.2598917°W Built: 1925 Architect: Charleston Drydock & Machine Co. Governing body: Army Corps of Engineers NRHP Reference#: 83003521 Significant dates Added to NRHP: November 28, 1983[1] Designated NHL: June 30, 1989[2] The Montgomery is a steam-powered sternwheel-propelled snagboat built in 1925 by the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company of Charleston, South Carolina, and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Montgomery cleared snags and obstructions from the Coosa, Alabama, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint, Black Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers until her retirement from the Corps of Engineers on 8 November 1982. She was restored in 1984 and again in 2004, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][3] The Montgomery now operates as a museum boat in Carrollton, Alabama.
See also
- W.T. Preston
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
- US Army Corps of Engineers
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "MONTGOMERY (snagboat)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1858&ResourceType=Structure. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ Kevin J. Foster (February 5, 1989). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: MONTGOMERY (snagboat)PDF (433 KB). National Park Service, and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1980 and 1988.PDF (1.44 MB)
External links
- Official page for the U.S. Snagboat Montgomery and interpretive museum at the Tom Bevill Visitor Center, Carrollton, Alabama
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- National Register of Historic Places in Pickens County, Alabama
- Ships on the National Register of Historic Places
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- Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs
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