Montgomery (snagboat)
Steam-powered sternwheel-propelled snagboat built in 1925 in Pickensville, Alabama. Added to the National Register in 1983, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Montgomery is a steam-powered sternwheel-propelled snagboat built in 1925 by the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company of Charleston, South Carolina, and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Montgomery cleared snags and obstructions from the Coosa, Alabama, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint, Black Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers until her retirement from the Corps of Engineers on November 8, 1982. She was restored in 1984 and again in 2004. One of only two surviving Army Corps of Engineers snagboats, she was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. Montgomery now operates as a museum ship at the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam Visitor Center in Pickensville, Alabama.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Tom Bevill Visitor Center, Pickensville, AL |
| County | Pickens County |
| Listed | Nov 28, 1983 |
| Reference number | 83003521 |
| Type of place | paddle steamer, snagboat |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Tom Bevill Visitor Center, Pickensville, AL |
| Coordinates | 33.22561, -88.25993 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Natchez Trace Parkway · 59 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Pickensville Cg (Pickensville Al) 1 mi · Pickensville Day Use Shelter (Aliceville Lake) 1 mi · Tom Bevill East Bank Day Use (Aliceville Lake) 2 mi |
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Nearby in Pickens County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 83003521. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.