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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X-ray image of a Channeled Whelk, showing internal structure.

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