Garbage scow
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A garbage scow is a large watercraft used to transport refuse and garbage across waterways. It is generally in the form of a free barge and is towed or otherwise moved by means of tugboats. They are most common on large, coastal cities, such as New York City[1], who may transport collected trash to neighboring ports for disposal or, at time, even illegally dumping the payload at sea.
At times, garbage scows have even been used to transport illegal narcotics. In 1948, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported a major bust of narcotics smugglers by United States customs guards and NYC police, with city sanitation workers searching through 20 tons of garbage on a scow in New York Harbor to search for over $1 million in drugs concealed there.[1]