Cathy Contant of Palmyra has shared more photos, these from the Marilyn Burke collection. Previously she sent along a photo of Dynamic. Below is Kevin Moran, towing an unusual looking barge No. 4273 in very tight waters.

Is this Waterford, with lock 3 in the distance? Can you make out the name of the tugboat heading away? I can’t. Note the third tugboat on the stern of No. 4273.

It’s always satisfying to look more closely at photos like these to see the detail such as people I’d not initially noticed.

If the tugboatinformation is correct, here’s more from Bethlehem Elizabethport Shipyard History, then from the shipscribe.com site, this would be the same tug being launched below as Ballenas [tr. Whales?]in 1919 in Elizabethport NJ.

Many thanks to Cathy for sharing this photo and others.

Dispatches is always looking for correspondents and story ideas and fodder.