Specialized 10

Any guess on vintage of this specialized tug?

 

Here’s the company info on Ellen McAllister. What’s specialized is below the waterline.

 

I like the concept of upgrading a 41-year-old machine, be it tug, truck, or farm tractor. I used to live in a brick shoe factory that had been blessed by an “adaptive reuse“.

More on vessel assist tugs tomorrow.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.