Tug of war at the Summer Olympics its time as an Olympic sport, it was considered to be part of the Olympic athletics programme, although the sports of tug of war and athletics are now considered distinct. Teams consisted of 6 members in 1900 (Denmark and Sweden competed together), 5 members in 1904, and 8 members in the last three appearances of the sport. Tug of war at the Summer Olympics Tug of war was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at every Olympiad from 1900 to 1920. Originally the competition was entered by groups called clubs. A country could enter more than one
Atlantic Spruce (tug) Atlantic Spruce (tug) Atlantic Spruce is a fire fighting tug with a Robert Allan Design tug made from steel, equipped with fire fighting (FIFI-1) The original Atlantic Spruce was the first tug of her kind built in Georgetown PEI. Since her launch, there have been many tugs built with the same design and "Atlantic Spruce" continues the Irving-owned Atlantic Towing tradition of naming their tugs after trees; "Atlantic Fir", "Atlantic Hemlock", "Atlantic Cedar", "Atlantic Oak", and "Atlantic Willow". "Atlantic Spruce" was first built in January 1995 at the East Isle shipyard in Georgetown, PEI, by J.D. Irving Limited. She was