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Tugboat Strike of 1946
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The world's busiest harbor was left at a standstill when 3,500 tug boat workers launched a strike on the docks of New York City. The halt of sea bound coal and oil left New York without fuel for over two weeks, forcing subways to be left unheated and the closure of schools, stores, and restaurants.
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659 Smith Street
Ahoy there, skipper! Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1298), some of which may also be described in this new record; Dispatcher with megaphone looking out window to passing tugboat and moored ships on Gowanus Canal. Caption: "Ahoy there, skipper! -- Still the central point for tugboat operations along the Gowanus Canal after 75 years is the office of the Gowanus Towing Company, overlooking the South Brooklyn waterway at the foot of Smith St. A barge pickup is to be made upstream, and the dispatcher Bill Van Pelt megaphones the order to Capt. Pierce Farley of the Taurus."
659 Smith Street
Ahoy there, skipper! Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1298), some of which may also be described in this new record; Dispatcher with megaphone looking out window to passing tugboat and moored ships on Gowanus Canal. Caption: "Ahoy there, skipper! -- Still the central point for tugboat operations along the Gowanus Canal after 75 years is the office of the Gowanus Towing Company, overlooking the South Brooklyn waterway at the foot of Smith St. A barge pickup is to be made upstream, and the dispatcher Bill Van Pelt megaphones the order to Capt. Pierce Farley of the Taurus."
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