Tug SEGUIN

Tug SEGUIN

Color slide of the tug SEGUIN seen tied up at the Eastern Maine Towage Co. pier in Belfast, Maine. Seen, aft of the SEGUIN are the tugs CLYDE B. HOLMES and PAULINE H. HOLMES.

SEGUIN specifications:

Boiler                      Steam, oil-fired

Engine                    Reciprocating, Compound

Horsepower            350

Drive                      Single screw

Gross tons              96

Net tones                48

Length                    88.1 ft

Breadth                  19.8 ft

Depth                     9.5 ft

Hull                         Wood

Built (year)              1884

Built (where)           Bath, ME

Service                   Towing

Owner                    Eastern Maine Towage Co.

Homeport               Belfast, ME

The Seguin was built by B.W. & H.F. Morse, Bath, for Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co., (which the Morses owned) in 1884. Seguin was owned by Maine Maritime Museum from 1969 to 1988 but proved impractical to restore, and no longer exits.