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Enterprise seems a great title for a post on National Maritime Day, but here’s a question answered at the end of this post: Why–other than the 1933 proclamation by Congress–is May 22 chosen for this day? Answer at the end of this post.
Jake van Reenen took these photos yesterday in Clayton, NY. The title evokes my Salvor post from eight plus years ago.
Atlantic Enterprise and crane barge are headed to the sixth boro, still many sea miles ahead.
Jarrett M assists with the tow, a role it played about a month upstream through the same waters here.
I’m eager to see this Salvor twin back in the sixth boro.
This post from nearly 10 years ago features my first view of this vessel–then called Barents Sea–under way.
Many thanks to Jake for these photos. If all goes as planned, Enterprise will arrive here in less than two weeks. Eyes peeled?
So, May 22 . . . it’s National Maritime Day because of Savannah, that’s SS Savannah, she who began the first Atlantic crossing on this date under steam power 199 years ago . . . well, at least steam powered her wheels for a little over 10% of the trip, but you need to start somewhere, eh? And this fact is alluded to in the 1933 proclamation, as well as in the 2017 proclamation.
Click on the photo to get the source of the photo and the story of her short life. And the 199 years ago, that just begs for some sort of memorializing in 2018…
Did Hurricane Sandy unearth SS Savannah wreckage? Read here.
Jake Van Reenen captured this procession yesterday on the upstream end of the Thousand Islands. The photos are not bright, but that’s appropriate for a trip of this sort.
The you see a ship with towlines fore and aft and new paint splotches that appear to be covering something . . .
it means only one thing . . . “…Le Marc…”
towed here by Jarrett M and Lois M (1945 and 1991)
used to be Quebec ferry Camille-Marcoux . . .
bound for Marine Recycling Corp in Port Colborne, ON. Maybe I’ll see parts of it there this summer when I pass the yard there.
And if you’re up at the south or upstream end of the Thousand Islands, say hi to Jake.
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