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Weedsport in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Tug Boat Marion

 
 
Tug Boat Marion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, September 18, 2021
1. Tug Boat Marion Marker
Inscription.
Bitts salvaged from the tug boat Marion which sank in the Erie Canal

“Bitts” donated by Joe and Gwen Ostrowski once a part of “Tugboat Marion” used on the Great Lakes for many years.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels.
 
Location. 43° 3.02′ N, 76° 33.731′ W. Marker is in Weedsport, New York, in Cayuga County. It is at the intersection of North Seneca Street (New York State Route 34) and Franklin Street, on the left when traveling north on North Seneca Street. Located in front of the Old Brutus Historical Society. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8943 N Seneca St, Weedsport NY 13166, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Town of Brutus (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Weed's Basin (approx. 0.2 miles away); Firehouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Baptist Church of Weedsport (approx. 0.2 miles away); God's Acre (approx. half a mile away); Cayuga County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Erie Canal (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named The Erie Canal (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Weedsport.
 
Also see . . .
1. Bitts (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 23, 2021, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)
2. Old Brutus Historical Society. (Submitted on September 28, 2021, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Tug Boat Marion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, September 18, 2021
2. Tug Boat Marion Marker
Tug Boat Marion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, September 18, 2021
3. Tug Boat Marion Marker
Built by
The Montague
Iron Works Co.
Successors to
Wilson & Hendrix
1886
Montague, Mich.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2021, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 337 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 23, 2021, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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