| ODC Volunteers Randy & Kevin prepare the "Rebel" for a boiler inspection. Built in December 1942 as Untied States Army Corps of Engineers no 5019, later being assigned to the transportation corps and reportedly retired from US Army service at Carteret, New Jersey in 1948. Purchased in 1948 by Tredegar and entered service as the Number 4. Named "the Rebel" by the Albemarle Paper Company when they aquired Tredegar in 1960. Retired in 1966. Donated to the ODC by the Ethyl Corporation, successor to Albemarle Paper in february 1969. Restored to service at the Hallsboro Yard on July 10, 1982, renumbered #1 in 1983. |