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...tugboat Sprague, known for 45 years from one end of the Mississippi to the other as "Big Mamma," the "shovingest" boat on the river, was on the banks and waiting for the wrecker. One of the last of the sternwheelers, she could handle 19 oil barges-the equivalent of a tank-car train ten miles long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Dec. 29, 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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