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The snagboat E.A. Woodruff was typical of the unique vessels, known as “Uncle Sam’s Toothpullers,” which helped to keep channels cleared of debris.

Alton Slough on the Upper Mississippi River was long a popular mooring place for steamboats to take refuge from ice and other rigors of winter.

Built in 1888 at Haynes Landing, W.Va., the Clipper originated as a “sawmill boat,” constructed by the Haynes family of Proctor, W.Va.

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