From CSNY archives, this aerial shot of the Kehoe fleet stacked up at their yard in Brooklyn, circa late1950s, shows the fleet at possibly its biggest. I’ve no information about the photographer. Maybe someone can help.

A former Kehoe employee tells me that the company offices at a certain point moved from Brooklyn to Latham NY and in the 1980s the company closed its doors.

From the dock outward, the boats here are Maureen, Clayton P. ,Jessica L., Joan, and Colleen.

And here, again starting at the dock, it’s Kathleen K., Margaret, and Martin J. In real life, Marty J. and Clayton P. were brothers. Some of the Kehoe boats were built by Ira S. Bushey, which also used them for a time, and then later sold some boats to Kehoe. It’s unfortunate that more dates are not included here.

I’m told Kehoe did a lot of work on the canals to Lake Champlain and the Great Lakes, but this is the first time Kehoe tugs on Dispatches, although I’ve posted many photos–including the ones depicted in this black/white shot–on another blog called tugster. On tugster, most of the photos are in color too, likely more Al Gayer photos.

Is the name on that barge Anne Bray?

Opposite the Kehoe boats is floating crane marked M. J. Rudolph. Anyone know her?

Below to the right, are those pilings on the barge?

The Charles T. O’Malley book below has 3 of 15 chapters [almost 50 pages] on Erin Kehoe, not in the photo above but shown here on tugster.

The “Buster”Godfrey book has one of 18 chapters on Colleen Kehoe, identified as built in 1936 by Bushey as Choctaw. Things get confusing, though, because later the 1952 Erin was renamed Colleen.

So here’s my question: Is there a good succinct written history of Kehoe Transportation? Who/where would be a good source for the raw material for a written history?

Since it’s still cold and icy out, this might make a good group project some some . . .