These photos were sent to the Seafarers LOG by Rich Bolmarcich of Seaside Park, N.J. He is the son of the late SIU pensioner Joseph Bolmarcich (pictured in the three photos at right), who died Feb. 28, 1999 at the age of 92.His son states that his father’s career with the marine division of the New York Central Railroad Co. spanned 44 years (1927-1971). He always appreciated the many fine benefits afforded him by being an SIU member, and “loved his job as a tugboat deckhand despite working sometimes in bad weather and under difficult conditions.”
Brother Bolmarcich began receiving his pension in May 1971.
The left photo was taken in 1927, the center one in 1954. The one on the right, also taken aboard a New York Central tug, was snapped in the mid ’60s when the twin towers of the World Trade Center were under construction.
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