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Che Detroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT Rey, Edward J. Dowling, S. J., Editor Volume 9, No.2 - October,1955 University of Detroit, Detroit 21, Mich. kk OK RK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK KOK KK OK KOK RK KOK KK KK KK KR KK KK KK OK Sy onbar Lanes TOWING COMPANY asss aos By Donald V.Baut An early picture of old "G" tugs in winter quarters at Buffalo. Shown in the foreground are the J.KELDERHOUSE and CONSTITUTION, and behind them the ALPHA and HEBARD and others in the distance. (From a colored postcard) PART I The Great Lakes Towing Company was organized in 1899 in an effort to provide reliable tug service at the important American harbors on the lakes. Taken into the new company were the fleets of the Dunham Towing & Wrecking Co., The Barry Tug Line, the Hand & Johnson Tug Line, The Ma$them Téwing Co., The Sandusky Tug Line, The Thompson Towing & Wrecking Co., The Inman Towing Co., The Union Towing Co and the Vessel Owners' Towing Co. as well as many other tugs owned either by smaller towing outfits, or railroads, osteamship lines, docks, etc.,etc. A total of nearly 200 tugs, mostly wooden “edulls, were thuswise assembled. The fleet colors adopted in 1899 were the : same as those used today, namely dark green hulls, dark red cabins and black stack with large white "G" on the sides. The first part of this article will list tugs known to have been involved in the original company. Following that we will enumerate the tugs purchased later or built by the company. Continued, p.3