TugBoat Roundup 2022
Another TBR is in the books. Where else can you see very upclose and personal some much-loved boats. I can and might do a post on each of these boats, but for now, just a survey. Shoofly . . . complete name is Shoofly Pie. If you want actual detail, click here and scroll; you’ll […]
Empire Line @#$!!
Empire Line . . . is that a rail service? A fashion design? You’ve seen Erie Canal posts on this blog many, many times. Erie Canal. I grew up near that canal and have played and worked on it in different capacities. Last fall, I biked along the canal from Tonawanda to Waterford, and because […]
Tale of 2 or 3 Canal Tugs 2
Many thanks to Josh Watts for sending along these photos taken in western Monroe County, at Adams Basin. You may recall that Adams Basin has appeared here before in the westbound end of the virtual Erie Canal tour. Sure enough there was an Adams involved . . . way back at the time the first […]
Labor Days Past
Yesterday, Labor Day, I took no photos, except one of a wood sign carving project in progress. It turns out . . . Labor Day 2020 I took no photos either; these were sent to me though by Josh Watts, and embarrassingly, I’ve not posted them until now. Sometimes I get into a groove and […]
Icing on the Niagara II
I initially thought to repeat some photos of New York Power Authority vessels near the Niagara River, but they’re here already in a post from December 2017. Ironically, these vessels are based on the Buffalo River, not the Niagara River, in the warm season. NYPA boats become active when most boats come out of the […]
Bikester 2 Albion to Newark
Thanks to all who read installment 1. Earlier 2020 I posted about a water tour from west to east that included toddy’s portion of the canal here. Besides a difference in perspective, bike v. boat, the activity of the photographer is very different. On a boat, your hands are free to grab the camera whenever […]
Along the Canal E28A
Rebecca Ann, shown here just above E28A, has served as Donjon’s Erie Canal tug recently. Nearby is Witte 1407, which she delivered, and [Daniel] Joncaire, formerly of the Niagara River. My question was . . . what will this “reef run” on the Canal pick up for the reef? Here’s the background on this reef […]
Icing on the Niagara
New York Power Authority, the parent organization to the Erie Canal, pays close attention to the temperature of Lake Erie. The magic number is 39 degrees in the fall. Why? When that happens, Breaker and other equipment such as Havasu II and Daniel Joncaire start moving those rust-brown, sausage-looking objects on the bank. Here’s a better […]
Freshwater Tugs 8
I’m back near the sixth boro now and have photos for at least through early October, at which time I leave on another gallivant. So here’s step one in catching up. Up the meandering Cuyahoga, here are Iowa (1915) and Oklahoma (1913); these boats were built to work and last. The vintage GL tugs may […]
GWA5: climbing around Niagara
With digressions behind us, let’s resume the journey. In part 4 we descended from the level of the Mohawk at Rome NY into Lake Ontario, approximately 248.’ Canadian pilot boat Mrs C meets us not far from the entrance to the Welland Canal at Port Weller, so named for the lead engineer in building of […]
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