If a photo of the tugboat R.H. Sayre exists, it has been sitting in a box in an attic for 100 years, and no one knows where it is..a photo of that tug is not known to modern LV fans/historians..
I have been working on a "LV marine" webpage for a few years, not on-line yet..
the LV had a (known) total of 25 steam powered tugs..One in Buffalo, three at North Fair Haven on Lake Ontario,
and 21 at New York harbor..(and there could be more) the names of the three at north Fair Haven are known:
A.J. Hoole
E.P. Ross
Cortland
Of the 21 steam tugs for New York, only the names of four are currently known:
Aurora
Black Diamond
Powerful
Perth Amboy
and now we can add a fifth! the R.H. Sayre! (based on the NY times article, we can conclude she was a NY tug.)
Oh, and one known Buffalo tug, the Kathrine T. Wilbur.
Then of course the six diesel tugs, that are well known:
Cornell
Wilkes Barre
Hazleton
Lehigh
Capmoore
Bethlehem
So, RH Sayre is a mystery!
not only has no one ever seen a photo, no one even knew there was a tug with that name!
until now..so thanks for adding a name to the list!
Scot