Friday, May 27, 2011 — Our Newsreel Division strolled down to the new wharf on Bow Street this morning to film the arrival of the barkentine Gazela Primeiro, which will be in town until Monday as the centerpiece of Sail Portsmouth 2011.
The little tug seen pulling ahead of her from about :12 to :24 is Bob and Natalie Hassold‘s Tug Alley Too.
The low-slung vessel with the tall, raking mast, visible from :25 to :31, and again towards the end of the clip, is the gundalow Captain Edward H. Adams, under tow.
Finally, the big gray fireboat is the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s tug U.S.S. Keokuk.
Untitled from NewHampshire Gazette on Vimeo.
Dear Constance:
We’re pleased you enjoyed that.
A longer and more elaborate video of the 2009 Tall Ships parade, shot from almost the same location, is available online at https://www.nhgazette.com/?p=1948.
This short video is wonderful and brings many memories to me of Portsmouth. My parents lived in an apartment building on Bow Street overlooking the river…this was in 1933, 34 when the real estate was on a very low sliding scale. My grandmother lived at 80 Bow Street for almost 70 years so as a little kid I am very familiar with the wharf area. Thanks for posting this video.