By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Vane Line Bunkering (sometimes called Vane Brothers) at the foot of Red Hook’s Court Street in the Gowanus Bay, occupies part of the site of the former Ira S. Bushey & Sons facility. The property is owned by Buckeye who also owns and operates...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Ira S. Bushey and Sons, for three generations was a nationally significant business located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. Moreover, the tanker MARY A. Whalen, homeship of PortSide NewYork was built for Ira S. Bushey. Ira S. Bushey was born in...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Tugboat Information.com has a searchable website that provides descriptions of tugboats both active and retired.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Many tugboats waited out the rough seas of a 1906 winter storm in the protected waters of the Atlantic Basin. They were: ANNIE R. WOOD Carroll Brothers’ CARROLL BOYS and STERLING CASTOR EDWARD ANNAN F. A. Egerton’s tugs DEFIANCE and HIAWATHA...
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The tugboat strike in the Winter of 1946 brought NYC to a standstill. The workers were unhappy with their wages, and felt that since WWII was over they deserved an increase. The tugboat owners did not agree. 3500 workers went on strike on February...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
During Prohibition (1920 -1933), the many, bustling working piers of Red Hook made this neighborhood a good place for smugglers to move large quantities of alcohol, often using innovative speed boats to evade federal agents. On June 3, 1922, at the...
