Urger got some love yesterday, and tugster was there to document it.
Wait . . . is that Urger?
No . . . that’s tug Seneca
and there is the Capt. Wunder getting some visitation in and
telling stories about the days he was her captain, but
“there’s more,” he said.
The older step-sister is here too.
The tugs were a place of pilgrimage.
Recall they are now seldom-seen but certainly not forgotten.
Want to make a poster? Write my email and ask for a full-size version of this image. Once you get it, send it far and wide to enthusiasts who lament her isolation as well as enthusiasts who can take her out of isolation.
All May 9, 2022 photos taken by WVD with arrangements by the Canal Society of NYS. Please share this post far and wide to the family of Urger and Seneca fans.
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May 10, 2022 at 12:23 pm
Lee Rust
There’s some serious neglect evidenced here. NYS has moved on with their new flat-bottomed pusher tugs, so it’ll be up to us old folks to take care of these old boats. Is the Canal Society up to the task?
May 10, 2022 at 1:38 pm
Peter Glor
What is the vessel in the third picture with twin rub rails above the water line and structure above the deck rail. It doesn’t match any of the other photos.
May 10, 2022 at 1:49 pm
tugster
It’s 45′ BU called Lyons. https://tugster.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/canal-corp-45-bu/
May 11, 2022 at 7:29 pm
tugster
May 12, 2022 at 7:01 am
tugster
In case you, like some folks who have inquired, are wondering, Urger has been inside the Canal shops on the Oswego River out of public access in Lysander NY since September 2021. See here: https://tugster.wordpress.com/2021/09/24/edna-a-and-the-nameless-tugboat/. No plans have been announced for her, but the thinking is that since she is on the hard, she is in no danger of sinking.
May 17, 2022 at 4:06 pm
OSWEGO CANAL – 7-10 MAY 2022 – Part II | Shunpiking with Ray
[…] provided a link to Will Van Dorp’s Tugster blog for more on our visit there – https://tugster.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/urger-update/ – make sure you take a look as well (I am hidden in the group photo in the […]
May 17, 2022 at 4:46 pm
tugster
Ray– Thx for introducing me to your blog by introducing me on your blog. I enjoyed meeting you at dinner the other Sunday night. I will explore your blog more thoroughly later. I’ve been doing mine since 2006 . . .