Justine at Fells Point-1971

<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="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>JUSTINE AT THE FOOT OF BROADWAY</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" 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="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Janice Ann Reinauer in New York Harbor"><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> <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MITMO at New York Harbor"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></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="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><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> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <div> <B>The Curtis Bay Towing Company was founded in 1910 starting with one tugboat named </B><B>Curtis Bay</B><B>.  The Curtis Bay Towing Company served as the largest provider of ship handling & marine towing services in Baltimore harbor until 1973 when the Moran Towing Company took over the Curtis Bay Towing Company.</B><B>  As part of their agreement Moran agreed to continue the use of the Curtis Bay colors for 15 years and in 1988 all of the former Curtis Bay tugs were repainted in Moran colors.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Curtis Bay tugboats, with their distinctive Blue Diamond logo, docked along Pratt Street in the inner harbor for many years but progress and increased shipping activity forced the maritime trades to move further out along the Patapsco River. Curtis Bay (as well as Rukert Terminals and Vane Brothers) moved a couple of miles away to the foot of Broadway in the Fell’s Point area and their tugboats regularly docked on the west side of the Recreation Pier exactly where the Moran tugboats dock today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In 1971 Curtis Bay had nine tugboats in Baltimore and regularly provided service to Delaware Bay, the C&D Canal, Philadelphia and Norfolk.   Several of these tugboats were always docked along side Recreation Pier as in this scene where the tugboats </B><B>Thomas Point</B><B>, </B><B>Justine</B><B>, and </B><B>Hawkins Point</B><B> can be seen.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In 1913 the general manager of Curtis Bay hired a new employee, 18 year old Justine Brown, as a secretary.  Small offices often lead to a broader range of duties and it was not long before Justine Brown found herself often serving even as dispatcher (which in those days was done by land telephone).  As new tugs were added and her duties expanded she came to be known as “one of us” by the tug crews and was affectionately referred to as “Captain Brown”.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In July, 1943 the Curtis Bay Towing Company christened their newest tugboat as </B><B>Justine</B><B> in her honor after 30 years of service.  Justine Brown retired in 1966 after 53 years of service and died a year later at the age of 72.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 92 foot </B><B>Justine</B><B> was the last steam powered tugboat to be operated by Curtis Bay.  She was built in 1943 in Wilmington, Delaware and was rated at 900 hp as shown here in 1970.  She was sold soon after and converted to diesel power rated at 1600 hp working some years along the Atlantic coast as </B><B>Esther K</B><B>.  She was, however, an old boat and time caught up with her in July of 1995 when she became part of Fish Reef off the Florida coast.  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>