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aptured about 50 years ago by famed Baltimore
photojournalist A. Aubrey Bodine, this image
shows the versatility of tugboats in the harbor.
Here, a U.S.-flag C-2 Freighter at Pier 1 Clinton
Street is being shifted by two tugs. Meanwhile, a harbor tug
is handling lighter barges shuttling cargo between piers.
This Bodine image is part of a new exhibit at the
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in the Eastern Shore town
of St. Michaels, Md. “Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Bay
Tugboats” features artifacts, oral histories and photos in an
interactive environment. As explained in museum materials,
“The Chesapeake is a highway for tugs and barges, and for
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the large ships aided by tugs in port. The exhibit explores the
lives of the men and women who work on these tugboats, and
the variety of ways tugs are used around the Chesapeake.”
Among the sponsors of the exhibit are Moran Towing
Corporation, McAllister Towing & Transportation and Dann
Marine Towing, as well as CSX Corporation. Curtis Bay’s
Smith Shipyard donated several artifacts to the exhibit, which
opened in April in the museum’s steamboat gallery and
continues through 2014.
Aerial view of Baltimore harbor, c. 1960,
photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine
© Jennifer B. Bodine,
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Information can be found at
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