Retro Sixth Boro 43
I hope you enjoy looking back 10 years as much as I do, although some might say I live in the past a little too much. Here’s some dense traffic, l to r, Twisted Sisters, Lucinda Smith, Maurania III, and Petrozavosk. Up in Lyons NY at the drydock, Governor Roosevelt shows her deep 8′ 6″ […]
Erie Canal Mystery 2
See the caption on the photo from 1963. Eugenia Moran is in the foreground. Off its stern is a tugboat that looks a lot like Urger, but has the name Seneca on it. Which Seneca was that? Eugenia herself is quite interesting. She would be wearing Moran colors for only a year here. She’s from […]
Grouper et al. Auction Update
I suppose if you are bidding, you might not like this post. As of this posting and with one week left for the auction, the high bid on 1912 74′ x 19′ x 12′ draft Grouper is $145. Period. That’s not $145k; it’s as much money as you might be carrying in your wallet right […]
1923 Buffalo Auction Follow-up
More than half a year ago, Buffalo was auctioned off, and in my circles, no one knew what had become of her. Some were speculating she had gone for scrap. She lay against the wall in the dry dock all winter, but when spring came, she disappeared and some thought she had been scrapped. It […]
Whatzit 40
Maybe I should post this under “caption contest,” but here are some photos worth contemplating. The first comes from Patrick Gallagher. It seems that this yacht has just come off a container vessel and that’s an automobile of some sort under the tarp on the bow. I know nothing more, although I’d really like to […]
More Cargoes 19 b
More than a week ago, these tanks entered the Erie Canal system at lock E-2 in Waterford. Sunday afternoon they tied up for the night in Lyons below E-27. Let’s call the first nine photos here Batch 1. This morning early, they made their way through E-27 and then on to E-28A. Here’s a view […]
Really Random Tugs 33 and More
I’m trying to catch up with the photos you all have been good enough to share on tugster. The first five here come from some salts up on the Caloosahatchee Canal in Florida. John Parrish was westbound here, but a week later it showed up in the sixth boro, and by publication of this post, it’s […]
Really Random Tugs 31
Yesterday’s post led with Jared S aka Cheyenne II, and so I’m grateful to Jason LaDue for sending along a photo he took before she sank into the Genesee River, where she still lies. This next photo was taken by Renee Lutz Stanley, recently, as Pelham assisted the dead but lively Frying Pan to Caddell for some […]
Government Boats 35
First, two photos from Jason LaDue, up in Lyons on the Erie Canal. Click here to see some of the many photos Jason has sent along over the past years from Lyons and the Great Lakes. The vessel Lyons, below, has been painted NY blue and gold since it last appeared here two plus months […]
Other Peoples Photos 36
. . . with some digressions . . . . The photo below of the procession leading to the Roundup comes from Jeff Anzevino. Digress to the left . . . on the Troy (Lansingburgh) side through the trees is Melville Park and this sign and this house. If you’re looking for a good read […]
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