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General Note
The Echo was built at "Bat" Forgarty's boat building yard on the Manatee River.
Biographical Note
The Echo was built by "Bat" Fogarty as a party boat. It was later sold to Ellick Rush in 1912, who used it as a ferry between Boca Grande and La Costa Islands to show land to prospective buyers.It was the third Manatee River ferry and travelled between Bradenton and Palmetto, Florida.
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