Comments on: Circum Staten Island 2

By: Beth Anderson

Beth Anderson — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:56:24 +0000

Me again,

forgot to add this link – pictures at the Library of Congress!

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ny1518/

By: Beth Anderson

Beth Anderson — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:40:14 +0000

Hello,

I’m rather late to the party on this discussion, but just stumbled on your blog today for the first time. I have been researching for my own blog and due to spending entirely unreasonable amounts of time in archives, I believe you may have there a photo of the MINERVA, ex JANE MOSELEY, a side-wheel passenger excursion ship with a walking beam steam engine, launched in 1873.

The document I have (Historic American Engineering Record, Mid-Atlantic Region,National Park Service) states the MINERVA is important as the earliest example of a walking beam engine vessel still existing (at the time the document was written). It says that a photo of Shooter’s Island from the 1930′s shows the MINERVA was already there at that time.

This doc is unfortunately undated but is typewritten–i am guessing 1980′s–it appears to be a cultural resource survey of the ship graveyard– complete with map and vessel numbering.

By: tugster

tugster — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:08:48 +0000

bjorn–
thanks so much for sending these along, esp the fotos of the Manhattan piers from a half century ago.

By: Björn Wallde

Björn Wallde — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:34:40 +0000

What a wonderful blog!!

Here are my photos of Pier 97
http://www.salship.se/wallde.asp

http://www.tugboatlars.se/index.html
- swedish site for tugs

By: Ed Drury

Ed Drury — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:59:06 +0000

The ferry Astoria is almost gone. An excavator is tearing up this week.
Ed Drury

By: views of the kill van kull & the arthur kill « Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:09:03 +0000

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By: Bernie Crowl

Bernie Crowl — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:29:04 +0000

Yes the one who commented on the paddle wheels is correct they were used to form the foundation to what we know now as Battery Park city . the cells were formed and the excavated dirt from the area for the trade center was filled along the west side of manhatten and later capped with sand from out off of west bank light . I like this site and would love to help in any way. i was raised all along the waterfront in these areas as was my father and grandfather too !!
Sincerely,
Bernie Crowl

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:43:31 +0000

Will: Those circular things are armatures for supporting sheet piling that serves as forrmwork for pouring concrete breakwaters, bulkheads and dolphins. Gerry

By: Central New Jersey Rail Road Terminal, Jersey City « Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:12:39 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:05:06 +0000

big wooden tug is indeed a WW2 built ATR….this one ATR-89. Became HILA out of Jacksonville in 1949 and passed into Liberian registry by 1954.
broke down in late 50′s on a voyage from Miami and eventually ended up at Wittes. All the smaller tugs around her have been cleared away.
there are two sisters…ex Meseck boats….that exist as waterline hulks down at the south end of the yard.