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Tug Cheyenne |
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Tug Cheyenne, fresh from the Waterford Tug Roundup, is back to work the next day, pushing gravel barges up the Hudson River, near the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse. She and her sister tugboat, Crow, are operated by Port Albany Ventures.
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Tug Cheyenne continues on up the Hudson River pushing her load of 6 gravel barges.
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Cheyenne's engine, seen from the front, produces 1,800 horsepower. It's a 10 cylinder, 20 piston, 2 crank-shaft monster where there are 2 pistons in each cylinder pushing against each other. This type of engine was common in WW2 submarines.
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This is Cheyenne's engine as seen from the back. It's about 8 feet tall and about 20 feet long. This diesel engine made by Fairbanks-Morse runs at about 900 RPM at full throttle.
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