TZ Bridgework 2

. . . the tugs, starting with . . .

Prospector,  built in Indiana 1982, 48′ x 6′ and 800 hp; and presumably the right stuff for this job.  Would you guess the location as the Hudson River from the photo immediately below?  Hook Mountain is a beauty that I really need to hike!

But back to Prospector, a name that connotes seeking gold in them thar  .. . places, and this place has truly seen the distribution of gold.

 

Imagine the stories Tarrytown Light could tell of her 130 years standing on the eastern side of the Hudson.

 

The new TZ is usually described in superlatives, here by the builders and here by states folks.

 

I’ve now driven and ridden over the bridge a number of times, but from there, the view is never as good as this.

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who did the first post in this series here.

Click here for some views of the TZ Bridge area from eight years ago.

 

 

Random Tugs 133

Helen Laraway (1957) might be the only tug based in Coeymans, NY.

Thomas J. Brown (1962)  . . . Staten Island based will always be a head-turner.

Charles A (1979) is another first-view for me.

Chesapeake Coast (201) has spent much of its career in the sixth boro.

Quantico Creek (2010) and USACE Hocking (?)  enter the east end of the Kills, although I think Hocking was tracing a survey pattern.

Susan Miller (1981) moves a spud barge westbound.

Prospector (1982?) sank at the dock in high winds about two months ago and is being refurbished.

Also, high and dry for a shave and a make-over is Iron Mike.

And let’s call it a day with Barbara McAllister (1969).

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who hopes the internet folk keep the photos coursing through my local wires and those far off ones.