A Towboat Called "Captain Bob"

Here on April 7th, you can see the long, low towboat Captain Bob about to pass the tanker Shropshire opposite downtown Astoria. There are a lot of "Captain Bobs" on the Web, and most are not boats, but I finally came up with some interesting links:

. A description and notation from the Tacoma Public Library that this is the second Captain Bob, the first having come to a bad end

. A photo upriver from Portland

. An interesting paragraph in a State of Washington document about towboat mishaps and spilled wheat; I also learned that Captain Bob will sometimes push five barges at a time (maybe upriver, but never here near the mouth) (Search the page for "Captain Bob" or scroll to page 15, line 21.)

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