{"nrhp_refnum":"96000828","name":"CATAWISSA (tugboat)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Lock 3, NY State Barge Canal, Erie Div.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterford","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.79932307800004,"lon":-73.68891036499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Maritime History","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A riveted steel coastal steam tugboat, 158 feet long, built in 1896-1897 by Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware, for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. She is moored along a concrete bulkhead near Lock 3 on the Erie Division of the New York State Barge Canal in Waterford, Saratoga County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Catawissa is a rare and outstanding example of a late nineteenth century seagoing towing vessel built for the coastal anthracite trade. She is the second of ten nearly identical railroad tugs and the only known survivor of her class. She is also one of few vessels of her period to keep her original triple expansion steam engine.","narrative":"Catawissa is a 158-foot riveted steel steam tugboat built in 1896-1897 by Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware, for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. She towed strings of coal-laden barges from Mid-Atlantic terminals to ports along the Atlantic seaboard, carrying anthracite from Pennsylvania to New England. She was the second of ten nearly identical tugs the railroad built between 1896 and 1912, and she is the only known survivor of that class. Later owners converted her into a tank-cleaning vessel and renamed her several times. She was retired in the 1980s and ran aground on the New York State Barge Canal while being towed toward Ohio for a planned museum. She now lies at Waterford. Her hull, deckhouse, 1000-horsepower triple expansion engine and boilers remain largely intact, though her pilothouse, masts, propeller and rudder are gone. She was listed for her place in maritime history and for her surviving engineering and design.","period_of_significance":"1896-1897","architect_builder":"Harlan & Hollingsworth Shipyard, Wilmington, Delaware","architectural_style":"OTHER: coastal tugboat","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; moored at Waterford awaiting a viable preservation plan. Pilothouse, masts, propeller and rudder are missing, and the funnel lies on the deck.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.929596-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000828.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000860","name":"New York State Barge Canal","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/new-york-state-barge-canal-14000860/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321554","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catawissa_(tugboat)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5051609"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/catawissa-tugboat-96000828/"}