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SERGEANT FLOYD (Towboat)

Sioux City, Iowa
County of Woodbury.
Mile Marker 730, Missouri River
National Register Number: 89001079
 Resource type: Structure.
Property type: Transportation - water -related. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2006.
Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: State Welcome Center.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 5, 1989):
One of only a handful of surviving U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessels, survey and towboat SERGEANT FLOYD was built to control the nation's inland waterways. Part of a comprehensive plan by the Federal government for flood control and improved navigation on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, SERGEANT FLOYD carried government supplies, assisted in dredging and flood control work, and carried Army engineers and visiting legislators on inspection tours.

Condition:
There is no threat to this NHL at this time.

There is no change at this time.


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