Barbara H
| Model: | 35E10 |
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| Serial: | |
| Bore: | 10" |
| Stroke: | 12½" |
| Cylinders: | 4 |
| Horsepower: | 160 |
| RPM: | 400 |
| Current Owner: | Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society |
| Current Location: | Lamb, Indiana |
| Current Condition: | Operational |
Engine History
The sternwheel tugboat Barbara H is powered by a four-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine.
The tug was originally built as a gasoline-powered boat named the Standard for the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1922. In 1925, the gasoline engine was replaced with a Fairbanks-Morse 35B8-1/2 diesel engine, which powered the tug until 1940. Under new owners, the tug was renamed the Donald B and repowered with a Fairbanks-Morse 35E10 diesel engine. It was an active tugboat moving barges on the Ohio River until 2000, when it was retired as the longest working towboat.