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Show the ( mouth inouth ) of Warm Creek 158 to a large dredge ( imme imme- imme ) ¬ diately opposite Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . ( R . Vol . 14 , p . 2600 ; ( sec see ) photographs , Exhibits 11D ( Photo . 296 ) , ( 416 116 ) , 467 , 468 , 469 . ) The boat made ( hvo two ) ( round roand ) trips ( to to- to ) Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . Itwas then taken down to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) and ( was -was was ) tied up . It made no further trips . ( Vol . 16 , p . 3019 . ) It eventually sunk at Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . The Spencer ( was -was was ) operated with great difficulty and in order to prevent the boat from spinning around in whirlpools and ( getting getthig ) onto sand bars , it was necessary that it come down stream ( back back- back ) ( wards Nrards ) and drag a one hundred foot chain made out of ( five-eiglith-incli fiveeiglithincli five-eiglith-inch fiveeiglithinch ) iron . ( Vol . 16 , p . 3027 . ) ( Com Corn- Corn ) ¬ mercially , the boat ( was -was was ) a failure . The same company also had a ( 40-foot 40foot ) boat ( with -with with ) a ( 6-foot 6foot ) beam equipped with a ( 40-horsepower 40horsepower 40-1-iorsepower 401iorsepower ) ( gaso gaso- gaso ) ¬ line engine , known as the Violet Louise . ( ( "Vol Vol Vol ) . 16 , p . 3022 . ) ( Tliis This ) boat was operated in and about Lees ( Perry FeTry ) and made ( one oiie ) ( trip -trip trip ) to Warm ( Creek Creeh ) . It broke loose at ( Warm Warlil ) Creek during a flood following a rain and ( drifted dTifted ) down below Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . Johnson roped it , placed it on a sled , and ( with -with with ) 5 or 6 yoke of oxen dragged it back to Lees ( Ferry Perry ) . The boat was abandoned ( 011 on ) the shore . ( Yol . 16 , p . 3021 to 3024 . ) The same company ( had bad ) a steel boat , 23 feet long with a ( 1-foot 1foot ) beam equipped with a 35 or 40 ( horse horse- horse ) power gasoline engine . The silt in the river burned out the bearings . The boat was eventually placed on the ( shore shoTe ) and not used further on the river . ( Vol . 16 , p . 3025 . ) |