Canal Tenders 7 & 8

Tender #7
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
late 1920s?
Specs:
( 40 ft )
Sunk:
Thursday July 19, 2018 - Smithtown Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:
#7: 40°55.977' -73°11.110'
#8: 40°55.958' -73°11.098'

Canal Tenders are miniature tugboats, built for tight spaces and shallow drafts - exactly what you would need for canal service. These boats and their sisters operated on the New York canal system for many decades, doing whatever needed doing.

Tender 7 with a load that looks too big for her (him?)

A lot of people were up in arms over the reefing of these and other canal vessels. But what do you want - the whole world filled with worn-out tugboats? Reefing is better than scrapping - these boats will go on to a long productive life of a new sort. The alternative is melting them down into license plates and razor blades.

Tender 7 gets some air while a big green claw tosses junk on the reef.
Tender 8 is behind on the barge.
Tender 7 is lowered onto the Smithtown Artificial Reef.
Then it is Tender 8's turn.
The claw seems to have run out of stuff.
You can see all the holes that were cut in the hull. No waiting 8 hours for this one to sink!

These two should be called Theodore and Hank:


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