Tugboat Roundup
James Turecamo. In 1850, the latest in a long line of 13-year-old boys began a job as a “hoggee” – leading mules towing barges along the Erie Canal. His name was Michael Moran, son of a 61-year-old unemployed stonemason who had recently emigrated from Ireland with his family, settling along the Canal in upstate New […]
Photography By: Tim Reidy
On Friday September 9th the festivities began with a parade of tugboats that became a 3 day celebration in Waterford, NY. On Saturday my wife and my 14 year old son accompanied me (Rob Smittix) to the Tugboat Round Up. It’s not very often that our teenager joins Mom and Dad for these types of […]
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