Tugboat Elmira
Size 35 x 14 x 6 in inches

Scale 1:32

-The model ship is entirely handmade using the plank on frame construction method done by Master Ship Modeler,
-finished and weatherd by fine art artist
-anchors, decorations, and other intricate details sculpted of metal, figures installed on the boat
-custom lighting, smoke chimney animation

About New York Tugboats

Tugboats are the workhorses of the greatest harbor in the world, easing massive ocean liners and garbage scows alike cleanly into their berths. Tugboats of New York captures the history and lore of these iconic craft, from their precursors in the early 1800s to their heyday in the 1950s, when more than 700 small but potent boats dotted the harbor. They are the most versatile of vessels, not only guiding large oceangoing ships safely into harbor, but also conducting rescue operations and navigating vast quantities of oil, cement, and scrap iron through traffic-clogged waters. A twenty-year veteran of New York tugboats, George Matteson knows the tides and currents of New York from the Bronx to the Verrazano Narrows. His history of tugboating shows how this inherently risky business pits men and their boats against weather, water, and the scarcely measurable physics of ships and barges of far greater dimension.