Steam Tug Hercules STEAM UP! TV show TUGS!
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2017
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Steam up on the Steam Tug Hercules, at Hyde Street Pier, in San Francisco, California.
This is just a small snippet of the hours of footage my father and I filmed.
A special THANK YOU to Erik Olsen, and the volunteer crew of the Hercules.
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It really is just stunning that people could visualise the complex layout of the mechanism, and put it all down on paper, by hand. Then build it.
Isn't it? All the calculations done by hand as well...
She's 110 years young now (2019).....I've been on board many times for the self guided tour but I had NO idea she was fully operational like this.....What a work of art !!!
Make that 116 years old by 2023.
“and Hercules, my ocean-going tug.”
It so looks like him!
@@annabelleh8739 Hes literally the basis for Hercules in the show
@@OddHunter5504
I know.
"they were a good crew always striving to be the best in port not always succeeding but trying never the less"
"Well, OJ m'dear, I'm gonna have me a bit of a rest at the coal depot, it's been a hard tow and I feel a bit low."
Started with Titanic 5 years ago and finally ended up here. Steamships are majestic mesmerizing machines built from a time that resonates the soul by its authenticity.
Same tomorrow the lego titanic drops
And to think this was designed and built without computers or CAD systems. What a work of art. It sound like a living creature and it has a soul.
True experts and artisans in their respective field. Capable of perfection without the aide of artificial or electronic intelligence.
These machines are truly living, breathing things. Demanding the care and attention of a cherished pet.
“The Tugboat For it’s size is the most powerful craft afloat, and the Star Tugs are the power behind the docks and waterways that make up the Bigg City Port, This... is TUGS”
The true theme of nostalgia
“I’m all finished here, old darling. Moving out”
@@benwetzel8449 "No you aren't, not till I check things out!"
"Check all you like sweetheart, I'm needed elsewhere."
Because he was in tugs
@@motormouth2472 We all WISH, we could sound as intimidating as this man-
Just enough boat to keep its engines floating.Definition of a tug boat.
John Malz spot on!
Wesley Harcourt Great video sir the sights and sounds are amazing i wish there could be scent in video.
John Malz thank you very much! There's nothing quite like the smell of a warm engine room on a steam ship! The Hercules will be steaming up at the dock tomorrow (4-3-18). If you're nearby you should go check it out
Little more boat than that, but you’ve got the right spirit! Enough boat to keep the screw submerged when hooked up (ahead, or astern).
yes tug is floating engineroom greetings
In the thirty years I lived in San Francisco, I never went aboard Hercules at the Hyde Street Pier. But many times I went aboard the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brian at Fort Mason, about a mile west. She had a triple-expansion steam engine as well; about five times larger. Sometimes on Saturdays they lit the boilers and you could go down in the engine room and watch the huge engine running at idle, the prop churning the water. I bet I did it fifty times. I never got tired of seeing that huge engine running.
A beautiful sight , i have great respect for those who spend their spare time repairing and maintaining these ancient cultural memories .
Harald Pettesen Erik Olsen and his crew of volunteers have done a great job of preserving and restoring her back to steam.
Honors to all who have helped with their work .
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE Thank you for the nice video. Very interesting machine, I love steamboats and drive more often with our museum ship "Bussard". It's a old buoy tender from the year 1905 (in the same age as Hercules). Nice that there are people who maintain and preserve this old technology. There are already so many steamships lost, the most were simply scrapped in the 1950/60 years. Greetings from Kiel (Germany):
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@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE had it been switched to diesel?
I like it that the young kid is helping. Growing up I had a wide variety of experiences that helped me become a better all around person.
It is good that there are some young guys looking to learn. There will soon be no one around who worked steam in the day. -Veteran '66-68
Wow and built in Camden, New Jersey when it was an industrial town and not a burnt out hunk of urban decay like it presently is. I grew up there and it amazes me that Camden once turned out beautiful things like this tug.
Don't feel left out!! The whole country is a rust belt now and everything comes from China! If this boat were to be made today, it would be made in China and shipped here!
@George Bobbpiytw
@@nightlightabcd though it wouldn't last as long if it was made in the Li Kee Chinese shipyard
@@MrTumbleweed22 the "Li kee Chinese shipyard". That's funny as hell ! And, so true.
@@nightlightabcd If it would, it would be an attraction boat, without a whistle, a diesel engine, plus, that is not a good analogy anymore.
What a great name for a tugboat. Must be a thrill to sail on her. She is an absolute work of art. Like watching a ballet seeing that engine everything else functioning.
Varnished woodwork in engineering spaces. WOW!
1000 hp, but enough torque to jumpstart planets...
Haha! I love it!
This tug could have pulled the Titanic sideways.
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE is she still moored in San Francisco? Or is she still afloat
@@pacificcoastpiper3949 yes she is still at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco.
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE she's gorgeous!!
I do love how quiet a giant steam engine can be. It is so spooky and beautiful. And what a beautiful tug boat as well!
MODERN TUG: "I just brought in a 40 unit raft of full barges!"
HERCULES :"Hold my beer!"
Or:
Eppie(Eppleton hall): I survived the Atlantic ocean!
Modern Tugs: Boo hoo, i can't cross this river because i'm too scared of sinking-
It’s hard to believe this is the very same tugboat that almost got pulled underwater by the Battleship USS Oklahoma, while towing the Oklahoma back to California
Yep. This is THEE Hercules that towed Oklahoma-
Looks like the Jeremiah O'brian. Very cool to see these old ships being maintained and ran. I had the pleasure to work aboard the Jerimiah O'brian here in San Francisco, we live set the boiler safety valves for coast guard certification of the vessel. It was an honor to be able to work alongside the volunteers who were retired WW2 vets.
Kind of the same thing, but it's only smaller, it's older, and isn't an ugly Americanization of a PERFECTLY GOOD British design.
It's wonderful that there are people who have such appreciation and "love" for vintage and historic boats, homes, cars, etc.
We can only hope more of the younger folks take it up.
At the 18 min 5 second Mark , I want to set my deck chair where the connecting rods are dancing with each other and the engine is hammering out its powerful cadence. I need time to absorb the absolute complexity of a machine built and operated largely by hand when the minds of the engineers that designed this marvel were connected directly to a straight edge and a number 2 pencil.
How beautifully said.
Light off procedure is almost the same as it was on my ship. USS St. Paul CA-73 Year built was 1944 . As a Boiler man 3rd class I worked in # 3 fire room.
(65-68).
I'm sure it gets hot in that Tugs engine room in the summertime. I remember fire room temp temperatures as high as 150-170 deg. While in South East Asia on my ship.
We did have recip Main feed pumps but everything else was steam turbine.
Video brings back so many memory's . Thanks for sharing
That must have been an amazing experience. I can't imagine the heat in the engineering spaces in the tropics. Im sure watches were shortened significantly! Thank you for watching and thank you for your service!
Steam turbines! The gentleman's way to travel!
Black gang.....
They built a steam powered ship in 1944, thought everyone was on diesels by then?
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Hello Wesley, thanks for the reply. I recall several years ago heading up to Port Carling, Ontario to see the annual antique and vintage boat show. Chris Craft, Greyvettes, small steam boats, etc. etc. A labour of love. Shifting gears...my wife and I went, a few years ago, to a wonderful wildlife art show in the village of Buckhorn, Ontario. Beautiful wildlife art and bird carvings that you'd swear would come to life. lol. One artisan was building an authentic birch bark canoe. So great to watch him at work. Good to know that these skills are being kept alive. Stay safe, sir. Regards, Bob in southwestern Ontario, Canada
I'm happy to hear those shows are still going on. I went to a show near Port Carling when I was about 11 years old (1996) while staying at extended family's cottage. Someone had a beautiful little steam launch there, and someone brought a strip-planked canoe they were building. Rode on the R.M.S. Segwun while out there as well.
TUGS really put on effort on big city/new York tugboats
Yes they did darling ol’ chap.
I'm a retired Boilermaker and I love stream engines. I only got to walk by the Hercules as the park was closing while I was there. Wish I lived close so I could volunteer . Thanks for the video.
Beautiful piece of work. Thank you so much for recording and preserving this history.
You are very welcome! Thank you for your compliments and thank you for watching!
The gorgeous wood paneling in the engine room is out of this world. I've never seen a more beautiful machine in my life!!!
Just imagine, many of the tugs built in that era were fitted out to that standard.. even the battleships. Take a look at the engine room if the preserved cruiser USS Olympia. Just exquisite woodwork throughout... Only a couple decades later we have the USS Texas; drab, grey, no-nonsense and cold.
Oh, to have the days of true artisans and craftsmanship back.
Nice video, gives a feeling of being there.
Enjoyed the Sand Pebbles reference (main steam stop walwe).
What clowns gave this thumbs down. Sad. This is floating preserved piece of history
I believe my brother built a model of this very boat many years ago. It was a commercially available plastic model kit. I never knew anything of the history of the boat or its significance, being an old steam tug.
Really nice seeing this historical machine. Thanks for posting.
Congratulations to everyone keeping the beautiful old tug Hercules afloat and operational. And thanks for posting the great video.
Thanks for the video. Fascinating.
As a boy in the 1960s, my girl friend's father - Phil Davies was a tug man in Port Phillip, which is a large bay where the city of Melbourne, in Australia is located.
Very important role he had. He has passed on many years ago but his role back then kept people safe.
So nice to see such a beautiful piece of history restored and preserved in running order.
Doctor Goop Agree My Husband And Though🥰 Scuffy the Tug Boat😍WeLive in Michigan and go to Henry Ford Museum has a huge Steam turbine engine power with compressed air now for safety.We like it when people are talking Communication going on!
Huge Connecting rods .
We Watch British Heritage Train Videos ..Historical . The British appreciation their History.
Her whistle at 12:09 sounds like a Pennsy 3 chime Nathan. This tug is just pure class all the way!
I wonder if that's the same whistle RMS Oceanic had, like, legit-
Very cool! Thanks for sharing the Hercules with us.
YYC Designz Custom RC Creations you're very welcome! Thank you for your viewership!
Thank you for posting. I was there when Hercules was brought to Hyde Street. It’s been my favorite for a very long time.
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching.
She's been there quite a while now. Hopefully the park service will let her continue to run.
And some people wonder where all of our ingenuity has gone. Well, there it is. It took pure genius to get us to where we are today.
Fascinating the insights of the working of the Starfleet Tug's
Just excellent! I'm a volunteer looking after a steam tug in Two Harbors, Minnesota. 1,000 HP steam screw Edna G, built in Cleveland in 1896. Hand-fired coal burner, double reduction, with jet condenser. Had a crew of 4 when working...is in cold dry layup now for 40 years. Nowhere as spacious as Hercules.
That's great! I'm glad to hear there are others out there preserving these ships! Is there a website?
you were so funny when you said nice cool air is coming from the vent. )) It was bloody hell in there when she was crossing Atlantic... I'm sure )
Thanks for the vid its one of my favorite now👍
I started my 38 year career at sea on the steamer Champlain, operated by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company on the Great Lakes. That was the mid-1970's.
This vid sure does bring back memories!
Thanks a lot!
Glen Kelley that must have been amazing to start out one one of the last reciprocating steam ships. Thank you for sharing and thank you for watching.
I heard a couple of references to the movie " The Sand Pebbles" starring Steve McQueen. A great movie about a Navy gunboat.
Steve actually learned how to properly operate the steam engine on that boat.
"Hello engine, I'm Jake Holman".
This is awesome to watch. I just love watching steam engines in action. I have several model steam engines but nothing can compare to this.
Absolutely amazing! This is cool.
THis is a marvelous vlog, thank you for sharing it. It reminds me of my situation, old age, leaking prostate, late to run and pee, and when I do quit peeing I’m out of steam! But, I am going to subscribe and give a high five because this is a very detailed documentary about a steam operation in a boat. Not a mountain of techno talk to make us lose interest. Again, THANK YOU!
Haha thank you do much for the kind words and the good laugh. Glad you enjoyed it.
It really looks nice nice condition for its age
Great to see it is still around
Good to preserve history for future generations to learn about
Incredible engineering
Amazing what was designed and built with no computers, no automation.
Castings, forging, correct metal alloys, huge amount of labor and knowledge.
She is beautiful.
Thank you for this video
Not to mention the engine frames and crankshafts were all made in multiple pieces. Assembling by the fitters with hand scrapers and files until perfection.
Thank you very much for the narration along the way, so darn helpful with trying to understand the complexity of this amazing engineering and application to a beautiful tug (Hercules) so well named!!
You're very welcome. Wish I had done more. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely to see these old ships restored and running.
That horn sends chills down my spine!
On anything steam powered, they're usually called whistles, but yes, very beautiful!
Amazing. So glad it's being maintained.
Scotty, I need steam now! Captain, I need 30 minutes, I canna defy the laws of physics!
30 minutes? Try 13 hours. For a boiler this large firing from cold. Although re-lighting after an interruption it might have steam come up in less time.
@@renegadeoflife87 When they were working boats, they would bottle up the boilers at the end of the day so they could be brought up to pressure relatively quickly the next day. These old scotch (fire tube) boilers held a lot of water and as long as you preserved as much heat as you could, would work daily without that much trouble.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Captain: Give us thirty knots! Helmsman: I cannay change the laws of physics! Squire Hunt for the red Oktoberfest
I started thinking of Hercules from TUGS. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Funny you should mention the tugs character Hercules, as this boat is his basis
@@XYZ_is_taken
I know!
Star Tugs and Z Stacks tour in San Francisco:
This gives meaning to the old term "Under her own steam" Just love all things steam driven. Thanks for the video!
Indeed it does! You're very welcome. Thank you for watching.
Excellent documentary, thank you.
Might not be fast but possibly can tow a small moon around. Love it.
My wife and I were volunteer crew aboard the Arthur Foss in Seattle for about a decade (the boat that "Tug Boat Annie" was filmed on). Not steam, but that 1934 Washington diesel was something to play with.
Xerxes Pamplemousse Thats great! Do you still volunteer at all? Old engines (diesel, oil, and gas) are so much fun to watch and work with.
Great video. Thanks for sharing and congratulations to the people who take good care of this fantastic heritage and keep it alive. That's a marvel. Greetings from France.
Merci! Thank you for the opportunity.
Great Video, thanks!
Ages since I served on a steamship. Thank you. I can even smell and hear.
You're very welcome. A steamship really does take hold of all your senses. Nothing in the world nearly the same as a steamship.
The steam engines need tightened the packing or repack. I operate this kind of steam engines and they never leak steam like this. Need a little maintenance here. Reminds me of good old times!
man, you learn something new every day. ty for the video
You're very welcome. I'm happy to help people learn something new! Thank you for watching!
So great to see a young person helping and learning the history!!!
I wholly agree!
if you screw up, it can blow up.
There is very little sleeping on a boat like this.
A few years ago I had the opportunity to ride on the SS Brown, a Liberty Ship that also has a triple expansion steam engine (as did the Titanic). The engine room of the Brown was about the coolest place I've ever been. Seeing that and this video helps me appreciate how amazing those engines are... and, I'm afraid, also why Diesels took over.
A real marvel of engineering and quite fascinating to watch and learn how technical these engines and ships really were. Thanks for sharing this great video
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching.
I love this big monsters of steel coming slowly a live and than the are unstoppable
They really are great pondering beasts. Living creatures of iron and steel.
It's mesmerising yet somehow horrifying as that engine comes to life...
Excellent quality of filming, especially in engine room (strange luxury of the upper level, with its wooden panelling on walls), useful captions and audio commentaries, this should be an example for many documentary.
I regret that we only see few images of the ship itself, and no view of the bridge and accommodation, and no view of the tug on its way (I'm sure it can move by itself)
awesome video, thank you for sharing.
scott isaacs thank you! I'm happy to do it!
Amazing engine! allot of moving parts to lube,and even more valves to check and turn. you got to hawe you'r head in the game,with sutch large steamers!! Thanks 4 sharing!
Ole Jonny Myran yes sir, it isn't anything like jumping in a bay liner and turning the key!
You're very welcome!
Hey! I know this, it’s Hercules from TUGS. Aside for, that, amazing little machine. Reminds me of the SS. Baltimore. Just about 45 minutes from where I am. Both look stunning,
I hope they're able to keep Baltimore afloat
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE wait, what! It’s sinking? Aww, I was gonna spot see it next week end.
@@the4tierbridge no, not sinking. Word is they're looking to divest of it.
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE oh, can't they sell it to the group that owns the Cheasape lightship, and Submarine, and the USS Constellation? It's literally 20 minutes away, and I'm sure they'd want it?
Great Sand Pebbles reference lines in this film I caught onto.
"Hello Engine, I'm Jake Holman."
Richard Bloomquist Haha thank you. My favorite film of all time.
Another line from the movie......."Main Stem Stop Walve" (Main Steam Stop Valve)Rick
Live steam, "live stim"... dead steam, "dead stim".
Richard Bloomquist one of the best movies of all time
''sleepy stim''
A Symphony of Motion, My father left the sea because of these.
His idea of a Symphony of the Sea was acres of canvas taut on yard arms
rounding the 5 Capes.
I can only imagine the stories he had. Wooden ships and Iron men.
Sail and steam are glorious in their own rights.
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE Sail, steam and slow revving motors are all great.
I am lucky to experience all 3, only the steam was in locomotives,
My father was not a mechanical type, his pushbike baffled him.
But give him a needle, thread, bees wax and a canvas and he could
loft a sail, make a tent or even a hat.
I wish I could remember all his yarns. They are lost now.
The Tug is in pristine condition for it's age. Amazing the Engine Room as big as it is! Love the operation of steam Thank You for a great vidio!!!
It really is a testament to the hours of labour and blood, sweat, and tears donated by the volunteers who have worked on her.
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE I Enjoyed it very much! Amazing the time it take's to fire up the builder's.... You all do a outstanding Job!! Thank You again! Ps were is this Tug lacated pls?
@@jimtomassetti4817 thank you for your kind words. The tug is located at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
it's alive IT'S ALIVE !!!!!!! FANTASTIC VIDEO
More than a hundred years and the tug is STEAM going
this old boat is a treasure I hope they keep it running forever thanks for the video I really enjoyed it I really like old technology much better shit have today
You're very welcome! I love the old stuff. It has a lot more character, and personality. Thank you for watching!
Wow that does looks like Hercules from TUGS the TV series. Great video and that steam boat looks absolutely amazing.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I can definitely see why they chose this ship as a model for the show
This...is TUGS
that is really cool.. thank you.. Massive machine :)
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for a rare glimpse into an unseen world.
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!
Awesome job on this video ......grandfather was a Boilermaster on the Battelship Missouri.......Thank you
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your grandfather's service as well.
WOW, that's a whole lot of movin' parts !!
Love the Sand Pebbles references throughout the vid: “Main stem stop wowve”!
Best movie ever!
@jack tarr and an axe
Manning this baby takes dedication and love.
Lots of moving parts,thank you
Enjoyed watching..
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!
That tug boat in the picture reminds me of the cover picture of "Toot-toot the Tugboat" a book I loved to read as a kid.
The age of steam powered engines brings joy to my boiler
Fantastic video; well done guys.
Thank you sir. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you!!!
Amazing how quiet it seems for how huge it is.
Am I the only one who sees a reminder of Tugs?
As a former Coast Guard BT I can say this is beautiful beyond description!
Outstanding!
Keep smiling m'dears.
bet that feels great on a cold morning
What a marvel and a joy to watch!
Great video
At 7:30 they show a Lukens Iron & Steel emblem, I live about ten minuets away from that mill, they were the number one producer of boiler plate in the world, when that boiler was built.
I got to crawl around Hercules and Wapama when i was a kid. If i remember right, she has a triple expansion steam engine.
what a great Tug, and a real sea tug at that. good memories.
FPVREVIEWS yep your memory is correct. Both the Hercules and Wapama are triples. Unfortunately the Wapama was broken up, but her machinery survives at Hyde Street Pier. My dad got to crawl all over her many many years ago as well.
they were both in Sausalito when i was there, and they were trying to use borax soap to preserve Wapama.
heard about her later, and was sad, but she had a broken back by the time i knew here, and was living on a steel barge at the army corp docks. Sausalito will not be the same without her, and sad to see them spend money to break her up rather than preserve her.
this was not long ago..
Yeah it was a sad passing. I'm glad they were able to save her machinery at least.
I remember seeing the Wapama back in the mid '60's. Such a travesty that they weren't able to preserve her. Spent an afternoon chipping paint on the Hercules with a friend who was volunteering on her back in the '90's. Glad to see she's in good shape.