93 Comments Posted by Ouroboris

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Fascinating history and commentary. This has turned out to be a very educational page!
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One more tidbit of information ... the Ned Moran was originally built as the Apollo in 1895, making that hulk 111 years old! Moran bought her in 1949 and renamed her Ned Moran.
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Moran Towing Corp link, if anyone is interested:

http://www.morantug.com
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This is, or was, the NED MORAN, a tugboat of the Moran Towing Corp. It's come a long way from the day when it sported a paint scheme of bright red with white trim, belching steam & smoke as it bullied its way around the harbor. These old single-screw "pirate tugs" once ruled the ports, pushing giant passanger steamers, warships, cargo haulers & barges around the ports & rivers. But time marches on, and they've been replaced by a fleet of state-of-the-art techno-wonders that can run circles around these old wood-hulled tubs.
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(muffled) *tap*tap*tap* Could somebody open the door and let us out? Please? Somebody? Anybody? We can't open the door, and the boat is sinking...

Oohhhh, gives me a shivery case of the booboo-jeebies every time I look at it!
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It seems so inviting, like you can barely hear a voice whispering, "Come on in and have a look around. We don't bite..."
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Thanks for the info, FB Jim. Such data breathes life into these old hunks of rusted steel.
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That large rounded shape under the bridge is the steam engine boiler, it's so huge compared to the rest of this little tugboat.
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Fascinating ~ I learn something new every time I visit this site!
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There is a machine shop in our town that displays a diesel engine crankshaft out front that is about 20 feet long.
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This is an absolutely incredible view of the dessicated guts of an old tanker. I love it!
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Motts ... I thought you could levitate?!?!
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Sweeeeet!
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We have skeeters here in Texas that I swear have air force decals on their wings! For some reason they don't bother my wife, but they flock to me like I'm the only food source for miles around. I hate them. Love the photo, though ;-)
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This gallery could be used as the segment for one of those creepy video games like Silent Hill or Resident Evil. Clean, but juuuust decayed enough to give me a major case of the boo-boo jeebies!