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Originally Posted by Slidellkid
Excuse my ignorance fellas, but what is a pushboat?
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What you see "pushing" 2-3 barges. Normally they have 4 man crew. Captain, mate, tankerman, deckhand.
The bigger ones on the river have the above plus an engineer (motorman, oiler) a few deckhands and sometimes a cook. We built a few pushboats with 8 quarters and beds for 10.