GEO. M. VERITY

Keokuk River Museum, Victory Park, Keokuk, Iowa. County/parish: Lee.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 20, 1989. NRIS 89002459.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • ex S.S. THORPE
  • Towboat GEO. M. VERITY

From Wikipedia:

George M. Verity (towboat)

George M. Verity is a historic towboat now displayed as a museum ship in Keokuk, Iowa. Built in 1927 as SS Thorpe, she is nationally significant for being one of only three surviving steam-powered towboats in existence in the United States. She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338168

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