Sainte Genevieve (dredge)

Sainte Genevieve

History
Owner	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Builder	Dravo Contracting Co.
Launched	1932
Fate	Sank 1994
General characteristics
Tonnage	947 tons
Displacement	1,390 tons
Length	265.17 ft (80.82 m)
Draft	5.5 ft (1.7 m)
Depth	8 ft (2.4 m)
SAINTE GENEVIEVE (dredge)
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Antoine LeClaire Park at 400 W. Beiderbecke Drive, Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates	41°31′6″N 90°34′31″W
Architectural style	Cutterhead dredge
MPS	Davenport MRA
NRHP reference No.	86002232[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1986
Removed from NRHP	March 7, 2019

Sainte Genevieve, also known as The Genny, was a steam-powered Cutterhead dredge. At the time she was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, she was located on the Mississippi River along the levee near downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States.

History

The boat was built by the Dravo Contracting Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1932. She was Hull #1139 and weighed 947 tons.^[2] The Sainte Genevieve had a steel hull and a superstructure of wood with steel for strengthening. Between 1963 and 1973, 97% of her hull bottom and 71% of her sides were replated.^[3] Her paint scheme of grey and ivory with trim colours of dark red, black, and grey was consistent Mississippi River to keep it open to barge traffic.^[4] She was the last sternwheel vessel and the last steam-powered dredge operated by the Corps when she retired in 1984.^[3] She was given to the city of Davenport for use as a tourist attraction. Plans were to turn her into a dockside restaurant, a floating museum, or a bed and breakfast. Those plans were never realized, and she left Davenport in October 1990 for a new home on the Missouri River in St. Charles, Missouri, where there were plans to turn her into a museum, but that plan never materialized.[1] The Sainte Genevieve sank in 1992 near Cairo, Illinois. She was raised and sank again in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1994. She was reportedly scrapped.^[4] The vessel was delisted from the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.^[5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh PA - Ships/Boats". shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
3. Marlys A. Svendsen. "Dredge Sainte Genevieve". National Park Service. Retrieved June 2, 2016. with 13 photos from 1986
4. "Remember when the Ste. Genevieve called the Q-C home?". Quad-City Times. Davenport. June 2, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
5. "Weekly List". National Park Service. March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.