Catawissa (tugboat)

CATAWISSA (tugboat)
Location: Lock 3, NY State Barge Canal, Erie Div., Waterford, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1898
Architect: Harlan & Hollingsworth
Governing body: State
NRHP Reference#: 96000828[1]
Added to NRHP: August 8, 1996

Catawissa was a historic tugboat located at Waterford in Saratoga County, New York. She was built in 1896-1897 by Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to tow coal barges between ports on the Eastern Seaboard. She was 158 feet in length, 19 feet in beam and 18 feet in depth. She was registered at 558 gross tons. She had a riveted steel framed and plated hull.[2] The Catawissa was scrapped in 2008.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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