This is an impressive load of scrap, pushed along on a barge CMT Y Not 2, which I’ve usually associated with piles of sand.
Given the height of the pile relative the wheelhouse,
a watchstander is positioned to maintain a clear view of the waterway.
Pushing this load is Mackenzie Rose,
Surprisingly, this load was headed for the Delaware River.
A decade ago, Mackenzie Rose was green and called Vernon C.
Back in June, I saw a similar load but on CMT Y Not 1 and towed by Daisy Mae.
All photos, WVD.
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November 19, 2020 at 4:11 pm
tugster
I’m pasting in a comment from JS: “Thanks for pointing out the deckhand on the scow for us.Even without photo enlarging capability,the figure helped the viewer realize the size of the load.It had me thinking about those Colonial Sand & StoneGene Pope,Lizzie Ann,& Lanoloc…Bronx Towing) days when I’d be sent to the front too,holding up my hands & then drawing them together to signal to the wheelhouse the remaining distance.I recall too,catching scows while decking on the GL 53,Cape May,NJ.but they had scowmen to help. When I’d go aboard.those poor guys lived below the deck. I remember their moldy loaves of bread,their large beer bottles,& their scary stories about using a sledge hammer to trip the pockets upon a whistle signal from the tug at the dumping grounds & then having to wind up the doors when empty,nite or day.I also helped them wipe the soot from the red & green glass chimneys of their two kerosene lanterns before lighting them & hanging them on steel stanchions on each corner of the bow. PS I just was able to blow up the watchstander figure & notice his life jacket…made me wonder whether my scowmen buddies,or I, wore any ? And I think of Nobles ‘Pumpman Accursed’ https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/john-ah-noble-american-1913-1983-lithograph-144-c-8e841c3a71
Thx, JS.
November 19, 2020 at 10:07 pm
Lou Carreras
What a lovely set of boards on Mackenzie Rose!
November 20, 2020 at 1:30 pm
tugster
Indeed. That company also has boats named Daisy Mae, Otter, and Pike . . . so I’m waiting to see if their nameboards get a similar treatment. Maybe you could pitch a design to them?