Boat - Tugboat - The Watuppa 1935
by Mike Savad
Title
Boat - Tugboat - The Watuppa 1935
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1935
Original Title: Watuppa from water front
Photographer: Berenice Abott
Location: Brooklyn, Manhattan
This is the Watuppa tugboat. It was built in 1906 at the Burleigh Shipyard, located in Richmond, Staten Island. Originally it was used to tow coal for barges in New England.
In 1935, the boat was bought by the McCarren towing line company. It was reconditioned, and was now used to tow oil barges on the East and Hudson Rivers.
The hemp fenders were used as buffers when it approached ships and docks.
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