Gallatin wrote a report in 1808 proposing canals, an intercostal waterway and more. This series is a tribute to him starting in Charleston and northbound.
When I write on the run, I’m taking no time to figure out what I’m seeing, like this beautiful hull … in the Ashley.
Athena reportedly just sold for $50 mil!
As we head out, storm clouds gather again over Fort Sumter.
We arrive in Georgetown under sunny skies. Anyone know these tugboats?
All photos a few days back by Will Van Dorp.
tugster: a waterblog 
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May 11, 2017 at 11:02 pm
George Schneider
The little one shows the name LAURA, which hasone of two possible origins: A 45-foot tug by the Equitable Equipment Company of Louisiana, or a 45-foot Army dredge tender of Army Design 320, mirroring the Equitable design. I’m guessing she’s ON 1060493, originally the Army ST 2051, then the Army Corps FORT BROOKE, and now owned by Sampit Towing of Charleston SC.
I’m drawing a blank on the other, but if somebody can identify that unusual color scheme on the house, I can probably take it from there.
May 12, 2017 at 10:42 am
William Lafferty
I’m thinking the larger tug is the 108 year-old Susan Richards, built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts, as the Gen. R. H. Jackson for the Army Quartermaster Corps and stationed at Jacksonville, Florida, later named Fort Sumter and Three Bros. It’s owned by Richards Marine Towing at McClennanville, South Carolina, and has been a fixture at Charleston for decades, originally run by White Stack Towing there.
May 12, 2017 at 3:49 pm
tugster
Thx, William and George.