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that is needed to meet operational costs. Without a least $530,000 in funding this spring, Pride II would have had to sit out the 2018 season at the dock. The original Pride of Baltimore, built in 1977 and lost at sea in 1986, was owned by the city of Baltimore. Pride of Baltimore II, built 30 years ago in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, was initially owned by the State of Maryland; ownership transferred to Pride of Baltimore, Inc., in 2010. Pride of Baltimore II celebrates her 30th anniversary this year. (2700 Lighthouse Point East, Suite 330, Baltimore, MD; 410 539-1151; www.pride2.org) ) … This year marks the 150th anniversary of the historic relocation of the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company to Corning, New York. The move was carried out in 1868 via New York waterways by canal barge. To commemorate the event, this summer the Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) is retracing the voyage on an 80-foot canal barge, aptly named GlassBarge, equipped with CMoG’s patented all-electric glassmaking equipment. GlassBarge embarked 6/5/12 AM on its10:47:40 four-month journey in May from Brooklyn Bridge Park on the East River.
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legislature recently allocated $500,000 to the ship’s operations in its budget bill, expected to be signed into law by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan as of press time. Pride of Baltimore, Inc., announced on 5 February that it was facing tough economic decisions; the recession of 2008 forced the organization to reach into its endowment to keep the program running, leaving it with severely depleted funds. While the ship earns revenue from appearance fees, day sails, private charters, and guest crew experiences, that income does not fully meet the $1.2 million
Glassblowing demonstration on the Corning Museum of Glass’s GlassBarge. From there it is traveling up the Hudson River and westward along the Erie Canal before making its way to the Finger Lakes. Planned stops include Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Albany, Little Falls, Sylvan Beach, Baldwinsville, Fairport, Lockport, Buffalo, Medina, Brockport, Pittsford, Lyons, Palmyra, Seneca Falls, and Watkins Glen. Glassblowers will provide daily demonstrations from 11am– 6pm. The last leg of the journey will take place overland, culminating in a community-wide celebration in Corning, New York, on 22 September. The GlassBarge project celebrates both the story of glassmaking in Corning and the continued role of New York’s waterways in shaping the state’s industry, culture, and community. The tour coincides with the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial (2017–2025)—for which GlassBarge is a 2018 signature event—as well as the centennial of the commemoration of the Barge Canal in New York State. GlassBarge will be moved along the waterways by South Street Seaport Museum’s historic 1930 tug W. O. Decker. Also accompanying GlassBarge along the journey will be the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s 1964 tugboat C. L. Churchill and the Lois McClure, a replica of an 1862 sailing canal barge. Visitors are invited aboard the Lois McClure to learn about what life was like on board a canal barge in the 19th century. Tours are first come-first served and do not require registration. (Details on events, route, and port stops are online, www.cmog.org/GlassBarge. CMoG, One Museum Way, Corning, New York; Ph. 607 937-5371. LCMM, www.lcmm.org. SSSM, www.southstreetseaportmuseum. org) … SEA HISTORY 163, SUMMER 2018