Historic Sites

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Dry Dock

Photo from Travels of Tug 44 web site. Right next to the lock is a major Canal Corp repair facility and drydock. Here, barges and boats have their bottoms repaired. The photo shows a massive crane barge.	From the Travels of Tug 44 web site
From the Travels of Tug 44 web site	From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. Tug Urger sits in the drydock for the winter. Here, she is in the middle of getting her hull repainted.
From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. A look at Tug Urger's propeller and rudder.	From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. Here we have the well-known tour boat Amita II, being stored for winter, with Urger seen in the background.
From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. This is Hydraulic Dredge No. 5, in need of a coat of paint on her bottom. She's come to the right place.	From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. The business end of Hydraulic Dredge No. 3, is laying on a ramp in the Lyons Drydock. The cutter head at the lower right corner of the photo is about 4 feet in diameter.
From the Travels of Tug 44 web site. This is the now-retired Dipper Dredge No. 3, which has taken up permanent residence here. She was built in 1929 and her steam engine was built in 1909. DD-3 is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. She's not used anymore, but is a fascinating memory of the days of steam power, before diesels took over. She is one of only two left of her kind.