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In 1937 , Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation (UMTC) was founded to provide water transportation of products between Minneapolis and Wood River, Illinois. Henry Baskerville, Sr. served as President of UMTC until 1961, when he assumed the post of Board Chairman.

The centralized control console also displays the ballast section with 18 tank fore-peak, with valve position indicators and ballast control switchers. It is one of the most sophisticated units build by GPM in their 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of electronic and automation systems.

What eventually became known as Riverway Harbor Service New Orleans, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Louisiana on April 6, 1973, as a wholly owned subsidiary of UMTC. It provided fleeting, switching, tow make and break of barges, fuel mid streaming, barge cleaning, pumping and full repair services to UMTC and other customers in the New Orleans harbor area.

In our effort to provide our customers with the best possible service, Riverway has embarked on a new project to produce, in cooperation with Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. our first new towboat in 25 years. The M/V BOOTSIE B. will be built to the demanding standards of an organization dedicated to excellence in the river transportation industry. With a completion date set for early next year, Riverway wishes to document the creation of this state of the art motor vessel.

In 1926, together with his father and his brother Walter, he founded the Western Oil and Fuel Company, Minneapolis. From its inception until 1961, he served the company as Director and President. From 1950 to 1961, he was also President of International Refineries, Inc. Minneapolis, which was founded to construct and operate an oil refinery in Wrenshall, Minnesota. In 1959, both Western Oil and Fuel Company and International Refineries, Inc. became subsidiaries of Continental Oil Company. H. M. Baskerville, Sr. continued to serve as a Director of both companies until 1963.

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