Glimpses of Gowanus 4
I can’t leave you on the Gowanus Canal as I did a week ago, so let’s head back. Here’s a look back; small tug Jimmy moves into our location with a mini mud scow. Btw, if you’re unfamiliar with Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, here‘s a bit of history. From the inland side of the Ninth Avenue […]
Glimpses of Gowanus 3
Here are earlier installments of this. And if you’re not familiar the the location of Gowanus or its history, check the links embedded. If you live in the NYC area and drive or take Brooklyn subways, you have no doubt gone over it. If you’ve wondered where the name comes from, check this alphabetical listing […]
Random Tugs 391
A few photos from the recent week . . . like Cape Fear heading over to Gowanus Bay and Miss Madeline coming from there, passing the KV buoy and more . . .. Notice anything unusual but entirely understandable about the photo immediately below? The barge is the 80,000 bbl Edwin A. Poling and the […]
Tugboat Roundup 2007-2010
I first went to the Roundup in 2007. Here are some photos. National as for sale that year. W. O. Decker is an almost-regular attendee. Cheyenne, also a regular, was red then. Since it’s currently working out of Wisconsin, I doubt she’ll ever be back. Here are some photos from 2007: fleetmates Margot and Benjamin […]
KVK Dawn 6
Steve Munoz took the first three photos in October 1986 from Borenquin. The tug identified as Kathryne E. McAllister appears to be the one from 1975, now known as Brendan Turecamo. Borenquin lived many lives between launching in Vancouver WA in 1945 and scrapping in Beihei CH (near the northeastern border of Vietnam) in 1989. […]
Retro 2013 Waterford Tugboat Roundup
An omen of the future . . . in 2013, Urger was laid up, sans her problematic prop shaft. Here she’s nez-a-nez with Day Peckinpaugh. Gowanus Bay was looking good. NYS Marine Highway was well represented, as always. And following two of the four NYS Marine Highway boats there was Cornell, Frances and Margot‘s senior […]
Canal Motor Ships D2
Question: Where is ILI 105 today? Answer at the end of this post. As you can tell from its similarity to Day Peckinpaugh (ILI 101) and ILI 102, this is the fifth of five identical Eriemax freighters launched in Duluth in 1921 and eventually worked between the Great Lakes and salt water of the eastern […]
Random Tugs 329
Sea Fox as a cold front moves across the Upper Bay. Mary Turecamo off to the next job. Dorothy J returns from an assist. I’ve lots more photos of the assist to post soon. Joyce and James eastbound in the KVK to start the work day. Dean Reinauer heads over to fuel up. Kings Point […]
Canal Tug Project B
Thomas A. Feeney tows an unidentified barge, which appears to be wood. A closeup of the same photo shows the tug is clearly Thomas A. Feeney, the founder of the shipyard that built wooden barges. Any idea where Thomas A. Feeney may have been built? Her fate? Openings can be seen at the top of […]
Barges 4
Jeremy Whitman took this photo of the big blue Konecranes #38 crane. Tail boat is Candace Elise, prior to 2015 known as Stephen Dann, as here. OXBO is managing the transport. They departed Manitowoc a week or so ago and are now in a very wide portion of the Saint Lawrence, downstream from Gaspé Peninsula. […]
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