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H.W. Long

riveted iron hull
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat
Built:
Globe Shipbuilding, Buffalo NY USA
Specs:
( 53 ft )
Sunk:
circa 1973
GPS:
40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:
70 ft

from AWOIS: 701

LNM47/73 -- TUG, 53 FT L, SALVAGED FROM POS.40-34-06N, 73-59-48W AND SUNK AT POS.40-25N, 73-52W IN 70 FT OF WATER. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED IN TRANSIT. PROJECTS APPROX 8 FT ABOVE BOTTOM.

H10224/86 -- OPR-C121-WH-86; WRECK LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 160M NNE OF REPORTED POSITION WITH PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 63 FT; SITTING UPRIGHT ON SANDY BOTTOM; COLLAPSED REMAINS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE LOCATED LYING ON THE BOTTOM IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE VESSEL; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED SYMBOL AND NOTE, AND ADDING 63 WK AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD 4/91)

Shipwreck HW Long
H.W. Long tows a scow back and forth across the Niagara River as a ferry at Tonawanda, 1924

H. W. Long was named for Grand Island Supervisor Henry W. Long in 1918, provided service to the Island community at the lower ferry landing which linked the Island with the Tonawanda shore.

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Gear Moving & Storage

storage box

The standard means of moving and storing dive gear is the dive bag. All of the major manufacturers make dive gear bags. These are often quite fancy, with embroidered logos, pockets inside and out, "ergonomic" handles, and even wheels. Most of these bags are very nice but really too small to hold a cold-water dive kit, and very heavy to carry around when full. These bags are also expensive, a bother to clean, and a lot less waterproof than they claim. Here's is a convenient alternative that is much cheaper:

Go to K-Mart Home Depot and spend $5 on a Rubbermaid tote box, about the size of a milk crate. This will not be big enough to hold all items - you'll have to pack your fins and BC separately - but it will hold everything else, is small enough to fit almost anywhere, and also avoids making a single excessively heavy load. The tote also will not lose small items like a milk crate will. I eventually drilled drain holes in the bottom. I now use my fancy dive bag only to carry my drysuit and its accessories. This type of tote box is the preferred container on every area dive boat I have been on.

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