Postcard: [Erie Lackawanna Tugs. Docked at EL's Hoboken Terminal in NJ...] Copyright 1991; unposted.
Entry/Object ID
2006.034.0754
Description
Postcard: [Erie Lackawanna Tugs. Docked at EL's Hoboken Terminal in NJ...] Copyright 1991; unposted. Divided back.
Published by Parlour Car Enterprises, Hoptacong, N.J. Printed in Canada. Stock number PCE-58. Photo by Henry Butz (in February 1974; see text below), copyright 1991, L-30870-E.
All text is on back. Text: Erie Lackawanna Tugs. Docked at EL's Hoboken Terminal in NJ are 2 former diesel powered Erie Tugs, the "Akron" & the "Marion." The EL and its predecessors operated an extensive marine service in New York harbor with tugs powering carfloats & lighters. By the time of this photo, Feb. 1974, the end was near.
