1950-1959

Tug “Cornell” crew member Ross Leiching stands in front of his tug “Cornell”, c. 1950. Mr. Leiching’s father and three brothers all worked for the Cornell Steamboat Company at various times, as did many others in their home town of Port Ewen, NY. HRMM Collection

Ford cars are being transported on the barge “Kay” and escorted by the tug “Wotoco”, near North Tarrytown, NY, where a large Ford plant was located. The barge “Kay” was built by Feeney Brothers c. mid-1950s. HRMM Collection

Captain William O. Benson’s tugboat “Callanan No. 1” tows empty barges designed to carry stone up the Rondout, c. 1950s. Benson was the captain of the “Callanan No. 1” for many years. HRMM Collection

The new Reliance Feeney barge “Marie” right after launching on the Rondout Creek, c. 1954. HRMM Collection

Feeney tugs “Thomas Feeney” and “Rose A. Feeney” in the ice in winter at Feeney’s Reliance Marine Construction dock on the Rondout, c. 1950s. The Feeney business continues today at the same location on Abeel Street at Wilbur. HRMM Collection