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sturgeon (boat)
Northwest, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
See: sturgeon-head (boat)
Quotations
1908
. . . the population being mainly mechanics . . . constructed scows, small barges, called "sturgeons," and the old "York," or inland boat, carrying four or five tons.
1943
York boats . . . were supplemented by shovel-nosed scows called "sturgeon boats," which could carry still greater loads.