Tugs operating in the harbor can be divided into smaller and larger fleets. Bouchard, one of the larger fuel barge fleets, uses distinctive colors of cherry jelly and peanut butter set off by white. Bouchard Transportation has a family business tradition that goes back to another terror attack, the infamous Black Tom explosion in Jersey City. Like any business, they’ve faced choppy waters such as the sinking of Morton S. Bouchard.
Oh, the first two words on the stern above though evoke a flood, albethey private recollections of Linda Lee Bouchard, more feelings even than Alice can, if truth be told. Bouchard really has great non-family names; my favorites have to include the one below.
Notice the helicopter below at the apex of a triangle formed by Frederick’s stern and Lady Bartholdi’s right arm.
So here’s a mystery. I love this crew boat, called Evening Light, similar name and paint scheme to Evening Tide. Is this a Bouchard boat?
Surely someone knows. All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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August 23, 2007 at 6:31 pm
leslie
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/index.html
I just came by your spectacular blog via a comment you had left on Walking Turcot Yards. I thought you might well be able to appreciate parts of this website, Forgotten New York.
I grew up in Rahway, New Jersey.
I truly appreciate your photos and the perspective of the area that they provide. I am not a ‘waterman’, so this is exciting new ‘ground’ for me.
January 2, 2009 at 10:30 am
Rick
Yes, the Evening Light or the ‘light’ as she is known, is a Bouchard workboat used to carry supplies and crew around NYHBR