Former Erie Navigation Company cement carrier DAY PECKINPAUGH has received a $3.1 million federal grant to allow the vessel to become a permanent traveling museum. The ship, which was owned by Erie Navigation until sold for $9,000 to the New York State Museum in 2005, was formerly used to carry cement down the New York State Barge Canal and last laid up in Erie on September 9, 1994. It was towed from Erie by the tug BENJAMIN ELLIOT on July 11, 2005.
The PECKINPAUGH was the last commercial freighter on the Erie Canal when retired in 1994. The vessel was days away from being sold to International Marine Salvage of Port Colborne, Ontario for scrap when it was saved and sold to the New York State Museum.
DAY PECKINPAUGH, looking forlorn, laid up in Erie on May 5, 2005.
DAY PECKINPAUGH being prepared for her final voyage out of Erie, July 10, 2005.
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