Tugboat Hercules - Historic Structure Report
Prepared by Tri-Coastal Marine, Inc.. 1990. Tugboat Hercules - Historic Structure Report. Historic Structure Report. National Park Service
This report offers a proposed treatment that will achieve restoration, interpretation, and operation of the Hercules tugboat, while ensuring long-term preservation. When launched in 1907, Hercules was among the largest and most powerful tugboats. Built for long distance offshore towing, she immediately proved her prowess by delivering herself, with her sister ship in tow, from New Jersey to San Francisco by way of the Straits of Magellan. Hercules is one of the last remaining examples of a type of vessel that has played a vital role in the development of the American West Coast. The tugboat was acquired by the National Park Service in 1977, along with the rest of the State Historic fleet. Since that time, she has been visible to the public, but has not been restored or made accessible to visitors. A significant amount of restoration has been undertaken by volunteers, but her full restoration, interpretation, and operation remain unrealized potentials. This report offers a proposed treatment that will achieve these potentials, while ensuring long-term preservation. In addition, the report provides documentation of Hercules through measured scale drawings, and a physical history that chronicles the physical changes the vessel has undergone.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Prepared by Tri-Coastal Marine, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 1990
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , SAFR
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, ehistory, Hercules, San Francisco Maritime, Tugboat
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 012956: Steam Tug "Hercules"