Working Boats

Workers at the Thames Tow Boat Company

Here is the transcription of the information written on the back of this photograph:

"Employees at Thames Shipyards circa 1912

L.A. Chappell -2nd row, bare head, white shirt sleeves

Tugs: (L to R) Gertrude (Palmer), (Dr.) S.N. Briggs, Aries"

For more information about the history of the Thames Tow Boat Company, click on this link.

Undated photograph of tug boat Aries

Undated photograph of tug boat Miles Standish

Undated photograph of tug boat William G. Howard

Here are some photographs of the tugboats that used to work in New London harbor, along the Thames River, in Long Island Sound and wherever their services were required.

The wrecking steamer Tasco

Built for the T.A. Scott Company in 1907, the wrecking steamer Tasco worked in and around New London and up and down the Atlantic coast until 1917 when she joined the Navy as the USS Tasco as a minesweeper. Click here to see the Maritime Society's online exhibition of photographs that illustrate the career of the Tasco.