1971-03-16
GUSN-291687
A black and white view of two tugboats as they try unsuccessfully to refloat a barge that ran aground near the mouth of the Cape Cod Canal. The barge had been en route to Bangor, ME from Philadelphia when 50 knot winds blew it off course into shallow waters.
canals
tugboats
barges (flat-bottomed watercraft)
photographs
1 black and white photograph; 8.5 x 7 inches
MS028
Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection
2012
MS028.04.022.052
Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Bourne (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Associated Press
photographs
Item
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