Random Tugs 165

Land mass area can be quantified in square miles, but I’d love to work with a mathematician to measure the area within NYC limits which is navigable, i.e., the sixth boro.  Of course, “navigable” would need defining too. Immeasurable, of course, is the number of photos  taken daily of vessels with the sixth boro.

Like this one of Crystal Cutler pushing

Patricia E. Poling westbound at the Brooklyn Bridge.

Taft Beach pushes BMLP 703 and 305 in the opposite direction.   Also working recently have been

Paul Andrew with scrap,

Sarah Ann with more scrap,

Thomas D. Witte with crane barge Columbia,

James E. Brown with a spud barge,

and Fort Schuyler in various locations.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

Unrelated, here’s an interesting video on the salvage of  Modern Express . . . passed along by JM.

Also, as we near the mermaid parade, here are details on a performance to get you in the mood, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s the “Fisherman and his Soul.”