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Boats & Barges

Marine Inland Fabricators

Delivers Workboat To New York City

Marine Inland Fabricators, of

Panama City, Fla., delivered the

Robert E. Rowell, an ABS-classed workboat, to the Department of Sani- tation of New York City on Staten

Island.

The vessel is 25.5 feet by 14.5 feet by 4.5 feet and is powered by a single

Detroit Diesel 8V-71 engine work- ing a 36-inch by 34-inch, four-blade bronze propeller through a Twin Disc

MG-509 3:1 reduction gear. Twin flanking rudders improve maneu- verability dramatically.

The boat will be primarily used to tow a floating boom with a 15-foot skirt that closes off the Fresh Kills garbage unloading facility from New

York Harbor. Because the boom must be opened and closed fre- quently to allow passage of the gar- bage barges and their tugs, one of the requirements for the vessel was to have minimum downtime for maintenance.

The Robert E. Rowell is the most sophisticated boat Marine Inland has built to date. The engine room has two stainless steel, removable fuel tanks and all stainless steel cooling water and hydraulic systems.

Assisting in the design and prepa- ration of the drawings was D.S. In- dustrial and Marine of St. Paul,

Minn. The project manager was naval architect and professional engineer John R. Bond of John R.

Bond and Associates, Panama City.

Other specialized vessels built by

Marine Inland include: a tow steer- ing unit; a barge fleet repair boat; a mid-stream supply boat; container- ized power modules for Singapore; a custom-designed workboat for West

Africa; and two pushboats for export to Central American customers.

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Robert E. Rowell w WOOSTER PRODUCTS INC. 1000 Spruce Street, P.O. Box 896 Wooster, Ohio 44691

Fax (216) 262-4151 Call Toll Free: (800) 321-4936 €lllOTT MANUFACTURING

RO. Box 773 Telephone (607) 772-0404

Binghamton, NY 13902 FAX |607) 772-1358 14

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