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Published March 24 2009

Photo Gallery: Tug sinks in harbor


David Nelson stands inside the smokestack of the tug Essayons, which sunk yesterday while docked at the pier behind Duluth Timber Company along the bayfront. The stack and the cabin (right) were all that still stood above water Tuesday morning. Nelson is a friend and business partner of Hobart Finn, who owns the tug. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

  • David Nelson stands inside the smokestack of the tug Essayons, which sunk yesterday while docked at the pier behind Duluth Timber Company along the bayfront. The stack and the cabin (right) were all that still stood above water Tuesday morning. Nelson is a friend and business partner of Hobart Finn, who owns the tug. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • David Nelson (foreground) and Brian Rinker, both friends of tug owner Hobart Finn, place oil-absorbent pads around the sunken tug Essayons to capture the small amount of fuel leaking to the outside. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Chunks of ice jostle against the top of the cabin of the sunken tug Essayons. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Mugs with the Essayons logo were a few of the items that were removed from the tug before it sunk. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • David Nelson, friend and business partner of Horbart Finn, who owns the Essayons tugboat, stands inside its smokestack surveying the sunken tug Tuesday morning. The tug sunk while docked at Duluth Timber Company along the bayfront below Railroad Street. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)