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Ed Miske, Barry Hall, Standing: Fred Wes(, Dick Steiner, Duane Cozard, Bernie Logan, Fred Ramsden "We're the guys who build 'em your way" Building top quality into any design a customer demands, requires a special type of experienced crafts- man. Fred Ramsden, 43 Year

Employee: "We custom design and build every barge to the customer's specifications and requirements.

We don't limit them to preset stan- dard designs and limited options. "Knowing how to meet these different customer demands and their cargo handling needs, requires versatile experience, plus up-to-date construction knowledge and capabilities. You don't learn all that overnight.

HBC Barge, Inc.

Formerly named Hillman Barge & Construction Company. "We know our trade, the latest developments in it, and take pride in our work. We know what makes a quality barge, and are always looking for better ways of giving the customers what they want. "Our design experience and construction flexibility lets us build barges the customers' way that are competitively priced with barges built someone else's only way."

Brownsville, Pennsylvania 15417

Experience, quality, value.

HBC Barge builds barges in any size and configuration you need, for chemicals and other liquids, coal, grain and other commodities

Go beyond options and get what you want.

For more information on get- ting your next barge fleet built to your specs, built to deliver years of service, contact:

HBC Barge

Phone: (412) 785-6100

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