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| Author: | tomgears [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Just saw this on Facebook. If you are not on Facebook it is just photos of the pieces of the tug. It is gone. Railroad preservation is a piece of cake compared to marine preservation. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7435959 ... 6/?fref=nf |
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| Author: | RDGRAILFAN [ Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Found this from an older post viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4427 |
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| Author: | PCook [ Sat Jul 08, 2017 9:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Just for information, here is a page covering the salvage, display, and eventual scrapping of New York Central tug #16, which was on display for many years at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts: http://www.tugboatenthusiastsociety.org ... -tug16.htm PC |
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| Author: | hamster [ Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
So, tug 16 was actually no longer tug 16 25 years ago when the above water parts were separated from the hull and machinery leaving just the "husk" of the original. So, was Tug 16 actually scrapped? |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
I visited tug 16 many years ago at the Cape Cod location. It was a great display. The engine was displayed outside, removed from the hull. It was a single cylinder, maybe tandem compound, engine. It is a shame this tug was lost, but it is the same story over and over again. Unless the vessel is preserved by an organization whose mission is the preservation of the vessel, it is only a matter of time before the vessel becomes life expired for any purpose. All of these steam boats we have lost were recycled into some kind of commercial enterprise, and eventually, either the enterprise quits or the vessel needs further expensive work even for just static display. |
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| Author: | tim o'm [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Dare I ask? Not that I know much about NYC marine vessels, but I noticed the tug that is in the Streisand movie, "Funny Girl," is numbered 24. Is this tug boat still in existence? Is there any significance in any one boat over another? Thanks for any help you can offer. |
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| Author: | PCook [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Tim, please go to this site for Thomas Flagg's excellent documentation of New York Central tugboats: https://nycshs.files.wordpress.com/2015 ... tfleet.pdf PC |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
From the roster cited, #24 was the last in service in 1972. Bummer. Probably would have been a fun museum piece. |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Wouldn't it just be amazing if we could see this today? https://youtu.be/XhnYJXLt6mk |
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| Author: | PCook [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
Here is one available substitute, powered by Cleveland Diesel: http://tugboatcornell.com/ PC |
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| Author: | Nova55 [ Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC Tug 13 Scrapped |
PCook wrote: We have done enough crazy stuff... NYC 24's wheelhouse is still 100% intact, at Wittes in Staten Island. There was an attempt to save it, but I dont think it ever gained any momentum. 16's parts (wheelhouse, stack, engine and some misc.) are privately held, rotting away in Kingston. |
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