Sand Man (tugboat)
 Sand Man tugboat
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| History | |
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| Namesake | Moving sand barges |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Crawford and Reid in Tacoma, Washington |
| Completed | 1910 |
| Nickname(s) | Olympia’s Tugboat |
| Status | Museum ship at Percival Landing Olympia, Washington |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | 37 tons full |
| Displacement | 28 Gross tons |
| Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
| Draft | 6.4 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Current: Caterpillar D 13000, 6 cylinder 110 hp diesel engine |
Sand Man (tugboat) | |
| Location | Percival Landing |
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| Coordinates | 47°02′48″N 122°54′15″W / 47.04667°N 122.90417°W |
| Area | Olympia, Washington |
| Built | 1910, Tacoma, Washington |
| Architect | Crawford and Reid |
| Architectural style | Sawn old-growth Douglas fir, plank on frame |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001018 |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 1998 [1][2] |
Sand Man is tugboat museum ship of the Sand Man Foundation at Percival Landing, Olympia, Washington. The Sand Man Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Sand Man was built in 1910 by Crawford and Reid in Tacoma, Washington . Sand Man is small harbor tug, built out of old-growth Douglas fir.[3] Sand Man was designed and built by Crawford and Reid in Tacoma, Washington, from 1908 to 1910. The ship's wheel-house was designed and built by the Long family, Olympia. Jake Frisch built the doors and windows in 1910. The hull restoration was completed in 2000 by PT Shipwrights Co-op, in Port Townsend, Washington. The cabins and engine restoration was completed in 2005 by Paul Deranleau and his crew of volunteers in Olympia, after being out of the water for 7 years for work at Swantown Marina. Sand Man originally it had copper sheathing to protect the hull, later this was replaced with ironbark wood sheathing. The ship still has the original Stanley Steamer engine used for the towing winch that is run by compressed air. Only a few of this type of tug remain.[4] From 1910 to 1987 Sand Man operated as a commercial tugboat and towboat in Puget Sound, with home port in Olympia. In 1974 Sand Man ran she first race in Olympia's annual Labor Day tugboat races held in the Olympia Harbor Days Festival.[5] In 1998 Sand Man was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for vessels on August 6, 1998, as #98001018. She is also listed on the registers of Washington state Historic Site, and Historic Site by the City of Olympia.[4]
History
[edit]- Owners:
- 1910 – 1925 Arthur J. Weston, owner of Olympia Sand & Gravel Company. used to tow barges of sand and gravel, thus the ships name.[6]
- 1925 – 1955 Delta V. Smyth (a local lumberman) who owned of Delta Smyth Tug & Barge Company.[7]
- 1955 – 1964 Fred Chadwick who owned Capitol City Towing Company.
- 1964 – 1987 Franz Schlottmann who owned Schlottmann Excavating & Towing
- 1987 – 1997 Bob Powell who started some restoration of Sand Man and donated it to The Sand Man Foundation.
- 1997 – present The Sand Man Foundation.
- Engines:[8]
- 1910 – 1922 Frisco Standard, 3 cylinder 50 hp gasoline engine, built in San Francisco by Standard Gas Engine
- 1922 – 1944 Fairbanks-Morse, 3 cylinder 100 hp diesel engine
- 1944 – present Caterpillar D 13000, 6 cylinder 110 hp diesel engine
Gallery
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Sand Man wheel -
Sand Man compass -
Olympia, Washington in 1911, with S.G. Simpson, SS Multnomah and SS Greyhound.
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See also
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- List of museum ships in North America
- Angels Gate (tugboat)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Thurston County, Washington
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
- ^ "NRHP form 98001018" (PDF).
- ^ "Tugboat Sandman". Tugboat Sandman. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Tug Boat Sand Man Pre-restoration". www.tugsandman.org.
- ^ "Olympia Harbor Days | 3-Day Festival Featuring the World's Largest Vintage Tugboat Races!". Olympia Harbor Days | 3-Day Festival Featuring the World's Largest Vintage Tugboat Races!.
- ^ "Olympia Sand and Gravel". 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Olympia Tug and Barge/Delta Smyth Tugs and Barges site". 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Sand Man Specifications". www.tugsandman.org.
Bibliography
[edit]- Newell, Gordon Tug Sand Man...an Olympia Waterfront Institution, Olympia News, July 6–12, 1977
- The Longer Sand Man Runs the Better She Gets, Pacific Motor Boat 1930
- Watts, Alice,"This Sand Man Brings Dreams From the Past," Daily Olympian, September 1, 1968, pg, 1
- Maritjme Memories of Puget Sound, J, Gibbs & J Williamson, Schiffer & Co, 1987 p, 35
- Marine Historv of the Pacific Northwest. H. W. McCurdy ed. By Gordon Newell, Superior Publishing Co" 1966, pp. 173,354,374
- The H, W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, ed. By Gordon Newell, Superior Publishing Co" 1977, pp. 130, 176, 191
- Newell, Gordon, Pacjfic Tugboats, Superior Publishing Co, 1957
- Tugboat Sand Man (Images of America) February 18, 2025, by Lisa Nickel and Chuck Fowler
- Sand Man, youtube.com
