She’s been around about half a year, but this was my first time to see her closeup. And I was fortunate to catch her in most of a rotation . . . below pointing one o’clock,
near twelve,
eleven,
nine,
[with a digression]
back to ten,
and here I missed a headon clearly six view, but skip directly to a three and
tending toward a two.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who has no judgement but finds the design unique, as is true of the buildings of Hudson Yards in the background..
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November 15, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Larry Fine
The design is called a facet tug. Which means they are using angled plates of steel to approximate the curved steel strakes of yesteryear. The labor used to bend plates is now cost prohibitive.
November 15, 2019 at 12:10 pm
tugster
Thx, Larry. Here’s a post I did some time bacon this: https://tugster.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/facet-tug-evolution/
November 16, 2019 at 10:02 pm
HT
Josephine is named after C Reinauers long time girlfriend Josephine Killen. Like the Kristy Ann, the 2 tugs were named after folks that did not have the Reinauer last name.
November 16, 2019 at 11:47 pm
tugster
Thx for the info, HT. I didn’t know that.