Boston Duck Tours | New England By the Numbers

TWO
ways (on ground and by water) the DUKW explores Boston; DUKW is derived from General Motors terminology: D (designed in 1942), U (utility), K (all-wheel drive), W (dual real axles)

21,000
number of DUKWs built by General Motors during WWII

28
number of DUKW replicas in the fleet conducting the part-terrestrial part-aquatic tour of Boston

36
number of passengers who can ride in each vehicle

EIGHTY
percentage of energy for the Boston Duck garage generated from solar panels

1994
year the Duck Tour was launched in Boston

FORTY
percentage of all over-beach supplies in Normandy delivered by DUKWs, a.k.a. “Ducks,” in WWII

57
conDUCKtors

ZERO
cost for a WWII veteran to ride the Duck Tour

TWENTY ONE
mech­anics on staff keeping DUKWs running

100
percentage of the Duck Tour fleet running on biodiesel

600,000
number of passengers carried by the Duck Tour fleet each year

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Julia Shipley

Contributing editor Julia Shipley’s stories celebrate New Englanders’ enduring connection to place. Her long-form lyric essay, “Adam’s Mark,” was selected as one of The Boston Globe's Best New England Books of 2014.

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