Canal Corp Boats 7

Here’s a view from the oldest of the fleet–Urger–heading through the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge.

Grand Erie and Tender 4 (?) heading west almost three weeks ago.

SPS 54 (?) tied up above lock 1 of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal.   By the way . . . SPS expands to “self-propelled scow.”

Earlier this week, Urger meets Grand Erie near Clyde.

Seneca in Lyons.   It was built by Electric Boat in 1932, and in 1960, was sold from the USN to Canal Corp.

Another SPS,

a derrick boat and a tender.

 

Syracuse, a heavily loaded scow, and a derrick boat.

And finally . . . can you tell by the foliage color?  Urger and buoy boat 109 with external fuel tanks in late August.

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who recently with one erroneous click, lost about 200 photos.  Ouch and we move on.