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As part of New York’s Quadricentennial celebration and in tribute to the exploring spirit of Robert Fulton, Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson, the “Working on Water” floating exhibition will feature more than two dozen historic vessels traveling the waters of Lake Champlain, Champlain Canal, and the Hudson River. During the months of August and September 2009 heritage vessels will dock at various waterfront communities where the public will be invited to tour and ride aboard many of these historic boats.
The following vessels will join the Day Peckinpaugh in Troy on Sunday, September 27th:
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The 8th Sea Operated by Captain Bill Curry and works part-time for NYS Marine Highway. A former US Army harbor tugboat, she is 45 feet long. |
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The New Clermont Project was launched in early 2009 by a dedicated group of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Just as Fulton sought to prove the feasibility of steam power to the world, the New Clermont Project aims to prove the viability of green, pollution-free hydrogen fuel cells as a power source |
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Cruise The Erie-Champlain Canal Boat Company two fleets (one custom designed boat will be docked and one will cruise for $10.00 per person through the locks. Hear their rich history while experiencing the natural sights and gentle waters with Captain Richard Powell. |
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The Day Peckinpaugh was the first motorship of her kind designed to navigate both the open waters of the Great Lakes and the New York State Barge Canal System. Put into service in 1921, she transported bulk cargoes between the midwest and the port of New York. |
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The Golden Re’al was built in 1903 at the Jensen ship yard on the River Ijsel in the Netherlands.
This model of sailing barge is known as a “Hagen Ark” and has a load capacity of 96 tons. Cargo was carried in an amidship hold accessed through hatches on the deck. The living space for the boats crew was in a small cabin separate from the cargo. |
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Tug Governor Cleveland and her sister ship, Tug Governor Roosevelt, were acquired in 1927 as ice breaking tugs for use on the New York State Canal System by the Department of Public Works. They were both originally steam powered, one reason for their large size. Now diesel, they continue to ply the waters of New York State as maintenance vessels for the New York State Canal Corporation. |
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Tug Chancellor was built in 1938 by the Ira S. Bushey & Sons Shipyard in Brooklyn, NY. One of 15 canal tugboats – or “canallers” - built by Bushey between 1935 and 1938 with the distinctive “double-stack” design, the Chancellor is today one of only two such vessels remaining operationally intact. |
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The Tug Buffalo was built in 1923 as a steam tug for the New York State Department of Public Works. After over a quarter century of continuous service as a maintenance vessel on the Canal, she was sold into private hands sometime in the 1950s, and re-powered in 1957. She remained in active commercial service until the early 1990s. |
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The Half Moon is a full-scale, operating replica of the Dutch ship of exploration that Henry Hudson sailed in 1609. The Half Moon is a traveling museum that conducts programs about the unique history of the Dutch colony called New Netherland. |
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Wire (WYTL 65612), Esopus Creek, Saugerties NY. The 65-foot Small Harbor Tug WYTLs were built between 1962 and 1967. They are employed only on the east coast, from Maine to Virginia. |
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