Historical Timeline of the Sand Man:
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Construction | |
1908 – 1910 | designed and built by Crawford & Reid, Tacoma wheel-house designed and built by the Long family, Olympia |
1999 – 2000 | restoration of the hull by PT Shipwrights Co-op, Port Townsend |
2000 – 2005 | restoration of the cabins and engine, supervised by Paul Deranleau, Olympia, with help from many volunteers |
Owners
1910 – 1925 | Arthur J. Weston, owner of Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. (Sand Man was used mostly to tow barges of sand and gravel) |
1925 – 1955 | Delta V. Smyth, owner of Delta Smyth Tug & Barge Co. (Sand Man was part of a fleet of up to seven tugboats) |
1955 – 1964 | Fred Chadwick, owner of Capitol City Towing Co. |
1964 – 1987 | Franz Schlottmann, owner of Schlottmann Excavating & Towing (last commercial operator of Sand Man) |
1987 – 1997 | Bob Powell, initial efforts to restore Sand Man |
1997 – present | The Sand Man Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, established for the purpose of restoring Sand Man |
Highlights of the Life of Sand Man
1910 – 1987 | Commercially operated tugboat / towboat throughout Puget Sound; always locally owned and based in Olympia |
1974 | Sand Man began racing in Olympia’s annual Labor Day tugboat races |
1987 – 2005 | Restoration of the boat (minor work continues) |
1998 | Listed on the National Register of Historical Places – Vessels |
2005 – present | After being out of the water for nearly seven years, Sand Man was re-launched on Sept. 1, 2005. Since then, she has been operated as a floating museum at Percival Landing, dedicated to the maritime heritage of Olympia and South Puget Sound. |