Put Cornell into the search box and you’ll see how many posts I’ve done on this 1950 Long Island-built vessel. I even wrote an article for Professional Mariner. Click here for more info on Cornell.
But this post just raises a question . . .if the sunrises over a calm East River and no one is there to see it,
is it still pretty?
I think so. Photos taken at 0630 this morning by Will Van Dorp.
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June 14, 2015 at 1:54 pm
Lou Cobb
Will, can I email you here at ‘respond to this post by replying above this line’ without clogging up the blog responses?
Lou Cobb Norfolk, VA iPad Air’d
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June 14, 2015 at 2:25 pm
Mike McMorrow
Outstanding, especially the first photo!
June 14, 2015 at 5:18 pm
Jim Gallant
Thanks for posting these great morning shots of the CORNELL, Will. It brings back a lot of memories for me, when the CORNELL served as the last Flagship of the Ross Towboat Company up here in Boston over at the Fort Point Channel / Northern Avenue Bridge back in the 1970’s, and later on across Boston Harbor towing for BFT. – Jim Gallant.
June 14, 2015 at 8:14 pm
glen
Was the Cornell ever used as a RR tug? She appears to be a twin to the B&O RR tugs I worked on in the 1960s. Notice the wide flat fender rail where the tires are hanging. That was standard on the RR tugs. Any comments?
June 14, 2015 at 8:18 pm
tugster
glen– here’s the story: http://www.trainweb.org/AbandonedLIRR/cornell.htm cornell alone is left, as i understand it.
June 14, 2015 at 8:24 pm
glen
Thanks Will. If I had paid a bit more attention I would have seen the LV on the stack and answered my own question. Thanks for the link. I learned a lot about boat handling on the B&O RR tugs.
June 15, 2015 at 5:59 am
Daniel Meeter
Great shots. The still water of the early morning all the way to the Manhattan shore.