Here was the first in what could be a series. And this foto I’m happy again to credit to Bob Stopper, some of whose photos can be seen here. I’m not sure what the naming system is for Canal Corporation, but some of their vessels are named for towns with locks–like Pittsford— along the Canal.
Ditto–in this foto from my sister—Waterford. By the way, the pre-eminent website for all things Erie Canal is fred’s at tug44.
In push gear and looking great at 85 years old, it’s Governor Cleveland.
If I still lived up that way, I’d get one of these, a buoy boat.
I don’t know how many of these there once were, but they are disappearing!
Click here for a foto of this deep looking Governor Roosevelt with her belly exposed.
There’s Grand Erie, and then there’s just plain Erie.
Then there are the self-propelled scows, but notice the difference in
engine exposure between this one shot by my sister and
SPS-54 shot by me
in August in Lyons.
Thanks to Bob and Lucy for these fotos. The last two are mine.
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November 21, 2013 at 12:06 pm
walt stevens
Will,
Henry R Worthington built an Erie canal boat in 1840. His canal boat worked fine. Alas, this new techonology was hated by the Mule tenders, and others.
Fortunately, There was a need for his Canal Boat’s boiler feed pumps.
One wonders what would have happened if everyone embraced that 1840’s Canal boat?
walt
November 21, 2013 at 9:07 pm
sleepboot
Just finished Simon Winchester’s book ” The men who united the states”.
He tells the story of the building of the Erie Canal. (also “Wedding of the waters)
Colorful boats and well taken care of.
Regards,
John van der Doe