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New York Central No. 13
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Male
43 years old
NEW YORK, New York
United States
Last Login:2/11/2008
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| General | Tugboats, antique ship repair, guitars, seeing the world | | Music | Iggy and the Stooges, Dinosaur Jr, Mercury Rev, My Bloody Valentine, The Ruts | | Television | BBC version of The Office, Lost, News Hour on PBS |
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| Status: | Married | | Hometown: | Buffalo, NY | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes |
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About me:
I am restoring an 1887 New York Central railroad tugboat. Quite an ordeal! I have been working on it since 2002. I do all of the steelwork, welding, fitting, plumbing, electrics, etc. You can learn pretty much anything from a book or by asking someone. I hope to eventually be able to give people rides up and down the beautiful Hudson river.
I decided to save this boat because she played a special part in NY City history. Before there were trucks or cars or even the Holland or Lincoln tunnels - one way to move stuff from NYC to New Jersey was to put it on a train and go up north 200 miles along the Hudson River to Albany, cross a bridge and then go into NJ, PA or wherever. That took a long time. Another way, was to push a boxcar onto a barge and have a tugboat push the barge across the harbor! As New York City was a manufacturing center - it needed lots of raw materials to turn into finished goods - both which needed to be moved. My tug, spent its whole life in New York harbor, moving barges back and forth, across the Hudson to NJ and across the East River to Brooklyn and Queens.
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad had my boat built in Camden NJ by the John Dialogue and Son shipyard in 1887. She had a 250 hp steam engine with 2 cylinders and her hull is made of wrought iron plates that are rivetted together. In the 1950's the railroad took out the steam engine and installed 2 GM 6-110 diesel engines to modernize her. She was originally called the "Oakland", but as the railroad grew, they decided to number all their equipment. Hence, lucky number 13! She is lucky as she is the only New York Central tugboat still floating.
It should be another couple of years until the restoration is totally done, but the majority of the steel work is done and she will be back in the water soon. Then the woodwork starts!
I previously restored a sunken 133 foot lightship called the "Fryingpan"
I also help out my friends who are in music bands when they travel - this is the best job in the world!
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