Catawissa (tugboat)

Coordinates: 42°47′57″N 73°41′22″W / 42.79917°N 73.68944°W / 42.79917; -73.68944
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Catawissa
History
OwnerPhiladelphia and Reading Railroad
BuilderHarlan and Hollingsworth
FateScrapped 2008
General characteristics
Tonnage558 GRT
Length158 ft (48 m)
Beam19 ft (5.8 m)
Depth18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed powerTriple-expansion steam
Catawissa (tugboat)
Catawissa (tugboat) is located in New York
Catawissa (tugboat)
LocationLock 3, NY State Barge Canal, Erie Div., Waterford, New York
Coordinates42°47′57″N 73°41′22″W / 42.79917°N 73.68944°W / 42.79917; -73.68944
Arealess than one acre
Built1898
ArchitectHarlan & Hollingsworth
NRHP reference No.96000828[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 1996

Catawissa was a historic tugboat located at Waterford in Saratoga County, New York. She was built in 1896-1897 by Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to tow coal barges between ports on the Eastern Seaboard. She was 158 feet in length, 19 feet in beam and 18 feet in depth. She was registered at 558 gross tons. She had a riveted steel framed and plated hull. She was renamed New York in 1941.[2]

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996,[1] Catawissa was scrapped in 2008.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New York (2127168)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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