 |
| James Davis posted, rotated CMT yard early 1980s Calumet River, Chicago Jason Bundy: Ol Barnaby's yard... James Davis: Jason Bundy back in early 80s I’d go down Sat mornings-went on tows with CMT and GL ! |
 |
| Clarence Totleben commented on James' post, cropped When I stopped by this past summer 2023. |
Michael W. Cooked provided two photos with the comment: "When I worked there! 1991."
In 1985, Captain Ed Barnaby had nine tugboats in his yard. Business was already half of what it was two years earlier when they moved 4,000 barges on the lake. In 1985, only one of his tugs was working. [ChicagoTribune]
They have a crawler crane and a floating drydock.
 |
| 1 |
 |
| 2 |
In 1985, Captain Ed Barnaby had nine tugboats in his yard. Business was already half of what it was two years earlier when they moved 4,000 barges on the lake. In 1985, only one of his tugs was working. [ChicagoTribune]
 |
| Satellite |
Another view of the crane and of part of the drydock. The towboat is Tanner. There is also an interesting trailer to the right of the crane.
 |
| Brandon Davis, Jun 2021 Obviously, this photo was taken from a semi-truck on the Skyway Bridge. |
During the Winter months, they help provide storage for pleasure boats.
 |
| Street View, Nov 2017 |
I wonder why they rented a mobile crane since they own a crawler crane. Or did they get rid of that crane?
 |
| 0:26 video, Jun 2020 "They’re coming from all over the world to sail in Chicago. Yuans 37 launched at Skyway’s Chicago Yard." |
When 'Old man Barnaby' died in the early 90s, Kindra Lake Towing took over their assets in 1992. In 2022 Kindra Lake Towing got bought out by Middle River Marine, Ozinga's Marine division. Middle River primarily worked around Joliet, Lemont, and the Chicago River. Buying Kindra doubled their fleet size and gave them mich more fleeting space in South Chicago. They still have a few of Barnaby's old boats. None of them are in service though, and they only have one operational boat that is marginally suitable for going across Lake Michigan.
ReplyDelete