Dispatches from the Samuel Center

Correspondent Post: TBR 1

Another fantastic canal event in Waterford this weekend, the 26th Annual TBR! The Tugboat Parade showcases 27 vessels traveling up up the Hudson from Albany to dock at Waterford The Tug of the Year, Thomas X Grasso, a new working tugboat built for the NYS Canal Corporation. George Ward and Friends kickoff the weekend entertainment…

MICHAEL BOPP
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Another fantastic canal event in Waterford this weekend, the 26th Annual TBR!

The Tugboat Parade showcases 27 vessels traveling up up the Hudson from Albany to dock at Waterford

The Tug of the Year, Thomas X Grasso, a new working tugboat built for the NYS Canal Corporation.

George Ward and Friends kickoff the weekend entertainment with traditional Canal Folk songs

Kal Wysokowski, current Chair of the Erie Canalway National Corridor, receives lifetime canal service award from Waterford Town Supervisor Dave Ball

Canal Society Member Tom Ryan is honored as 2025 TBR Grand Marshall

The Waterford community hosts the TBR with the support of these Sponsors

Come to Waterford for the 2025 Tug Boat Roundup!

Visit the Canal Society info booth at the Visitors Center!

Photos and text by Will VanDorp and Michael Bopp.

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    […] you recall from part 1 of this reportage, this event has gone on for more than a quarter century, and is going strong. […]

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