Walkway over the Hudson
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"Pierre Lanuéjols" schreef in bericht ... Nice picture, thanks. BTW I can see your shadow;-)) -- Greetings Bouler (The Netherlands) |
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Nice shot.
Please post more. Mark |
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On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 13:15:28 -0400, "Pierre Lanuéjols"
wrote: Wonderful photo. Do you have more that you have taken? Post some others. |
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"joevan" wrote in message ... On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 13:15:28 -0400, "Pierre Lanuéjols" wrote: Wonderful photo. Do you have more that you have taken? Post some others. Thank you, as soon as I have the opportunity I'll do that! |
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A very colorful tug and barge. What tug is that?
"Pierre Lanuéjols" wrote in message ... |
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On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:15:28 -0500, Pierre Lanuéjols wrote
(in article ): I've never seen an arrangement like that. Very interesting! -Vlad -- Vlad & Genny Kedrovsky Edina, MN, USA vjkedrovsky at gmail dot com Some of Vlad's train & car pix can be seen at: http://picasaweb.google.com/vjkedrovsky |
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"Vlad" wrote in message ... On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:15:28 -0500, Pierre Lanuéjols wrote (in article ): I've never seen an arrangement like that. Very interesting! -Vlad -- Vlad & Genny Kedrovsky Edina, MN, USA vjkedrovsky at gmail dot com Some of Vlad's train & car pix can be seen at: http://picasaweb.google.com/vjkedrovsky Such an arrangement is very common on the Hudson River for moving large barges. The Hudson River while it is in fact over a long distance a tidal estuary does not have large waves, this must facilitate this arrangement and make it quite safe. I assume that pushing a large barge from the rear from the rear rather than pulling it from the front is much more energy efficient. Saving energy must be an important consideration for moving such large loads as I have noted that the big barges are only on the move when the tides are going with them. Outside of New York Bay I have seen very few real tugs on the Hudson. In fact I know of only one which is based significantly upstream of New York Bay (which does not mean that there are not many more). The pushing arrangement appears to be used elsewhere with a somewhat different configuration. http://tugster.wordpress.com/2008/05/ Also I am not a maritime specialist, just a landlubber who happens to be interested in ships. I assume that among the readers of this NG there must be people infinitely more knowledgeable and qualified than I am and who might be able to tell us more. |
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"Andre Blanchard" wrote in message ... A very colorful tug and barge. What tug is that? "Pierre Lanuéjols" wrote in message ... I do not know. :-) Except for the "tower" it looks just like a normal tug. But here it's pushing rather than pulling... I assume that it can do both. This type of "tug" is very common on the Hudson River for moving large barges (from New York Bay to Albany and vicinity). I must admit that the one on the picture did look quite spiffy and neat with its obviously new paint job. :-) |
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I know that Tug/barge configurations like this are common in the Great
Lakes. When I am near Lake Ontario they are often seen. "Pierre Lanuéjols" wrote in message ... |
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The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr.
It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark |
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"MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:46:13 -0400, "Pierre Lanuéjols"
wrote: "MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) I for one, would like to hear more. |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:46:13 -0400, "Pierre Lanuéjols"
wrote: "MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) I for one, would like to hear more. |
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"Pierre Lanuéjols" wrote in message . .. "MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) I will look for a photo. I download my photos in files labeled by date, not vessel. I have over 20,000 photos and I will hopefully stumble on it. That is a sea going tug and it does go weather bound in rough weather, because it tows. It can't stay in the notch in rough weather. The newer pinned tugs stay in the notch. On the COHO you can see the pins that hydraulicy lock it to the barge. These pinned barges can handle rough weather and don't go weather bound unless it's really messy out. Mark Mark |
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