Lone Star (towboat)

*Lone Star*
History
United States
Name	Lone Star
Launched	1868
Out of service	21 April 1968
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Length	68.4 ft (20.8 m) (as built); 84 ft (26 m) (1890); 90 ft (27 m) (1922);
Beam	19.3 ft (5.9 m) (as built); 20 ft (6.1 m) (1890); 24.5 ft (7.5 m) (1922);
Depth	3.2 ft (0.98 m) (as built); 4.1 ft (1.2 m) (1922);
	Lone Star (tow boat)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	LeClaire, Iowa
Coordinates	41°35′53.89″N 90°20′33.2″W / 41.5983028°N 90.342556°W
Built	1868
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	89002461
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	20 December 1989
Designated NHL	20 December 1989

Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States. She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Built in 1868, she is the oldest of three surviving steam-powered towboats, and the only one with a wooden hull. She was declared a National Historic Landmark on 20 December 1989.

History

United States
Name	Lone Star
Launched	1868
Out of service	21 April 1968
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Length	68.4 ft (20.8 m) (as built) 84 ft (26 m) (1890) 90 ft (27 m) (1922)
Beam	19.3 ft (5.9 m) (as built) 20 ft (6.1 m) (1890) 24.5 ft (7.5 m) (1922)
Depth	3.2 ft (0.98 m) (as built) 4.1 ft (1.2 m) (1922)

Lone Star (tow boat)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

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Location	LeClaire, Iowa
Coordinates	41°35′53.89″N 90°20′33.2″W / 41.5983028°N 90.342556°W / 41.5983028; -90.342556
Built	1868
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	89002461
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	20 December 1989
Designated NHL	20 December 1989