Photograph taken by Earl Dyer Ricou and published in the Stuart News (17 Dec 1953) with a caption titled "Boat Traffic Fouled Up At Palm City By Mud." In the background, a small tugboat leads a dredger to the area. In December of 1953, excessive discharge from the St. Lucie Canal created mud shoals making for shallow waters and subsequent waterway traffic issues near Palm City. The Army Corps of Engineers hired contractors to dredge the area and along the St. Lucie River to alleviate the problem in early 1954.
Tugboat at dock with seated man smoking in doorway, while another man walks away. Ropes are on the dock, water tower and locks in background. The tug C.J. Morrow was commissioned in 1922 and named after a former superintendent of the Arundel Corporation. It was 43 feet long and constructed of cypress; it operated until at least 1962.
