Baltimore

May 6 & 7, 1994,
Baltimore, MD.

The Semi-Annual Steaming of the only Coal-fired Tugboat on the East Coast.

The tugboat Baltimore worked for Baltimore's harbor as a sightseeing vessel, ice-breaker and towboat for almost 60 years. While under private ownership in 1979, she sank and remained under water for two years. Volunteers affiliated with the (then-fledgling) Baltimore Museum of Industry showed interest in the tug, prompting the tug's owners to make an offer: if you can raise her, you can have her. To make a very long story short(er), they did raise her and have restored her not only to look authentic but to actually operate as she did in the early part of our century.

Since 1990, she has plied the Inner Harbor waters twice a year under her own coal-fired steam power. Her next steaming is scheduled for May 6 & 7. She lights off at 1700 hours on May 5th and will take about 6 trips per day. The Baltimore is owned by the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

If you would like more information about the tug, the steaming or the museum, please contact:

The Baltimore Museum of Industry,
1415 Key Highway,
Baltimore, MD 21230.

Telephone: +1 (410) 727-4808

If you would like more information without incurring the long-distance phone charge, e-mail me:

Cheryl Causey at
s72ucau@toe.towson.edu (Internet) or
72322.1205@compuserve.com (CompuServe)

I will try pass on any details you may need or have the Museum or Project Director, Stephen G. Heaver, Jr., give you a call.

Cheryl Causey
s72cau@towson.edu
Baltimore MD

Date:         Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:31:54 -0500
Sender:       TALLSHIP - Sailing and Operation of Traditional Sailing Vessels
              
From:         "C. Causey" 
Subject:      Announcement--1906 Tugboat Steams
To:           Multiple recipients of list TALLSHIP