Retro Sixth Boro 49A
Let’s jump back to May 2012. Over along the Manhattan side of the East River then, I caught this scene. Since then, there’s been some movement: Peking to Germany, Marion M to the Chesapeake, Helen McAllister to . . . rebirth as new steel. Cheyenne has migrated to the Lake Michigan for now. Twin […]
From the Line Locker 27
Here’s a photo from a friend who works for a naval architecture firm. Guess the function of the completed vessel below. Here’s a rendering. To the gentleman from New Zealand from the William C. Daldy Preservation Society who recently inquired about functioning steam tugboats in the US, I can’t think of any. Can any reader […]
Retro Sixth Boro 40 B
Today the sixth boro and environs face Henri, whose story is yet to be told. August 26, 2011 . . . I was at the Staten Island Ferry terminal, and these Hurricane Irene signs were up. When Irene’s story was told, it had done unusual damage upstate far from salt water; here’s more. Some repairs […]
Helen’s Last Waltz Redux
If it seems I’m doing a lot of redux, etc. these days, my explanation is that 2012 was a great time for my being out there taking photos. It was entirely by chance that I walked past this scene on July 17, 2012 before 0900. I can’t even remember why I was there. Now it […]
Headwaters 7
I hope you’re enjoying my juggling of alternating author persona: in this post, I’m back to tugster retrospectives. Remember this sixth boro boat? It carried a powerful Norse name. It was a favorite of mine too. Back when I took the photo in 2008, I thought I’d never see a pushboat with variable height wheelhouse […]
Retro Sixth Boro 21
I have represented these “retro” posts as a slice of the sixth boro exactly a decade ago, but it more like . . . what in the boro caught my attention. So welcome back to December 2009, as seen from today, December 2019, taking advantage of 20/20 hindsight. And, to digress, I’ll bet the term […]
Unusual Tow 2
I’ve seen unusual tows before 2019, but it was only then that I started counting. I’ll add links to previous unusual tows at the end of this post. So where’s the tow? It’s (l to r) Mary Alice, Laura Maersk, and Emily Ann, all behind Atlantic Enterprise. The story is simple if unfortunate . . […]
Tsingtao Express
It’s a dark and soon to be rainy day in the sixth boro, so for your enjoyment . . . colorful photos from yesterday. This ship uses the old spelling . . . like Peking v. Beijing. Know the current spelling? Crystal Cutler came by with Patricia E. Poling, to add some greens to […]
More Cargoes 24
Here are previous cargoes posts, but today I could have called this fog as well. But what is it . . . a happy marina? Oh . . . Hornblower Hybrid , a misnomer, and Amarula Sun, a sport fish . . . It’s a Big Lift vessel with a marina load on its deck. […]
Port Colborne Pics 5
I’d first assume this was a small tanker, but I was wrong. Here’s the answer to cargo: dry bulk cement. In previous lifetimes, it had carried grain as well. A hint of ghostwriting midships and to the right of “SPIRIT” shows another name or several names—Gagliarda and Ardita—were there earlier. Arriving soon […]
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