Last spring, Edna A passed my location with a “nameless” tugboat.
The day before the official opening of the Canal season, Edna A climbed the Flight westbound with a light barge 82 heading for Albion NY.
Three days after passing Newark for Albion, Edna A and the 82 were back, heading east.
If you’ve ever wondered about the rationale for the design of a boat like Edna A, the next two photos should be adequate explanation.
Note the shrinkwrapped cargo in the 82.
What is it? From what I read, it’s a 100-ton condenser manufactured in Batavia NY to be used on a nuclear submarine. Ultimately, it’ll be delivered to and unwrapped in New London CT. It’ll be coming down the Hudson soon . . . or maybe already has. A cargo of 100 tons . . . that needs to travel by water.
All photos, Bob Stopper, a friend and frequent contributor to this blog.
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June 2, 2022 at 10:22 pm
Awaiya Akaido
Submarines are catastrophic to mer and ocean life. I hope there will soon come a maritime rally against them.
June 3, 2022 at 8:29 am
CR
Will,
The barge 82 is an Ex- New York City sanitation scow, obviously enjoying a new life doing Project cargo. I’m not sure if you caught the pictures on the way up but they used bladders in the cargo hold for ballast so she would fit under the bridges, on the bow of the barge you can see the portable pumps they used to probably empty those bladders after loading cargo.
June 3, 2022 at 9:04 am
tugster
Thx, CR. I hadn’t realized that was a NYC sanitation scow. Someone had commented on FB about removing those bladders at Waterford once they were out of the canal.