For several decades following their completion the Twin Towers
of the World Trade Center were an impressive presence on the Manhattan
skyline and a popular backdrop for New York area marine operators
to take publicity photos of their tugs and marine equipment. We
maintain this gallery as a tribute to the many innocent victims
that lost their lives in the sneak attacks of September 11, 2001,
and in recognition of the ultimate sacrifice made by police, firefighters
and emergency rescue personnel who died in their efforts to save
others.
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Cross Harbor I. has made the turn off the South
end of Manhattan and is headed south towing an unoccupied railroad
carfloat from Brooklyn, New York to Greenville, New Jersey, with
the World Trade Center visible directly astern. Photograph by
Preston Cook, copyright 1986 and 2010.
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The tug Harriet Moran turns up an impressive bow
wave as she plows South past the twin towers of the World Trade
Center in this popular Moran Towing publicity photograph probably
taken in the 1970s. Moran Towing Company photo.
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The Reid McAllister is headed North up the Hudson
River in this 1980s company publicity shot taken shortly after
she was refurbished and fitted with a new engine. McAllister Towing
company photo.
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We welcome submissions of other photographs featuring
the World Trade Center and tugboats. Please make absolutely certain
they are either your own photos and you hold the copyright, or
that they photos are company publicity photographs which are approved
for general distribution. Sorry, we cannot post photos copied
from magazines and books, or that were taken by other photographers
(unless we can obtain their permission)..
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This page is under construction.
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