Steam Tugboat Baltimore

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>STEAM TUGBOAT BALTIMORE </B><B>AT BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Edna E. Lockwood"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 11" x 14" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4eb90620.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The steam tugboat </B><B>Baltimore</B><B> is one of the few steam powered tugboats remaining in the United States today.  Of those remaining even fewer are in full working order.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Built in 1906 by the Skinner Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, the </B><B>Baltimore</B><B> was a working tugboat in Baltimore harbor until about 1963 when she was sold to the Samuel. F. duPont family.  In 1979 she sank in 15 feet of water in the Sassafras River in Cecilton where she remained until 1981 when the duPont family donated her to the Baltimore Museum of Industry on Key Highway.  In December of 1981 the Museum had her raised and dry docked for basic repairs at the Bethlehem Steel Key Highway shipyard.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Several years of hard work by museum staff and volunteers have restored her to full working order as a classic example of a working steam powered tugboat of the early part of the century.  Her home port is at the Museum of Industry on Key Highway and she is frequently seem under steam power in the harbor during the summer months and often visits the Inner Harbor along Light Street during special events.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Light Street Pavilion of Harbor place now attracts millions of visitors from all over the world each year.  During the first part of this century this area was inundated with commercial ships and boats of all types.  The light Street area was  home for many of the most famous Chesapeake Bay steamship companies and the Pratt Street side swarmed with skipjacks, bugeyes, and schooners of all types selling crabs, oysters, and produce from the Eastern Shore of the Bay.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In the background is the former headquarters of McCormick and Co., Inc.,  the well known importer and  manufacturer of spices from around the world.   The McCormick building was an unofficial historic landmark to the people of Baltimore and for many years, whenever there was a breeze from the west, visitors to the Inner Harbor could savor the delicate aroma of spices from around the world.  McCormick moved several years ago and the building was torn down despite many protests from those who saw it as a part of Baltimore's history and heritage.   A  parking lot now occupies this location.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>