River Tugboat Museum, strutting into that year's Waterford Tug Roundup. History marches on — Chancellor is now under restoration by the Waterford Maritime Historical Society. (Photo: Don Sutherland) You could tell the direction of the tide in 1998, by the way these ex-railroaders were leaning on the Arthur
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gathered momentum upstate. One nearby reminder of that ethic was the 1937 tug Chancellor, a Bushey restoration project in the care of the Waterford Maritime Historical Society, sporting new paint as a step in its restoration. Just downstream of the Roundup was the 1921-vintage Day Peckinpaugh, a first-of-her-kind
. Official Tugboat 1937-built Bushey canaller Chancellor, with her house retracted, sported new paint as part of restoration by the Waterford Maritime Historical Society. (Photo: Don Sutherland) Upstate in the Town of Waterford, they're a little less bashful about their connection to tugboats. They
DECKER, to awesome like CORNELL. Although they were seen at the Waterford Roundup only, the tugs CHANCELLOR and BUFFALO, in the care of the Waterford Maritime Historical Society, took their part in National Tugboat Week. CHANCELLOR is a 1937-built Bushey canaler, BUFFALO was built for the canal operation in
is seen frequently enough all the way downstate in New York. The Chancellor, a 1938 Bushey, is under restoration as a museumpiece by the Waterford Maritime Historical Society, along with the tug Buffalo -- a 1922-built retiree of the Empire State Navy. Plenty of other small tugs attended the roundup, including