The longsighted bowsprite managed to record these fotos just before the holidays. Neither of us had seen the towed vessel behind June K before. Before looking at the rest of the fotos, any ideas of its identity?
Of course some of you know it, but I was still befogged until I did some hunting and learned that
the sixth boro has long been inhabited by a floating hospital. I’ve written about such a vessel I’d seen a whole lifetime ago when I worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Congo (then-Zaire), but
in New York? But here and here are some links about this institution. I’d love to hear more about NYCFH.
Did anyone besides bowsprite catch June K‘s tow? Where upstream has it come to rest?
All fotos by bowspite–uhh , make that bowsprite. A million apologies.
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January 8, 2009 at 6:17 pm
matt
I really like that second shot, with all the gray and the clock in the distance.
Very Nice.
January 10, 2009 at 6:46 am
Wayne
The floating hopitial is in the Roundout creek at Feeney’s boat yard . The local paper said that they are going to turn it into a studio
January 13, 2009 at 12:05 am
al
I saw the hopital ship at e-port just above plaza fuel back in Nov. Dec. I wonder if she used to be some kind of excursion vssel in her past life, or was she purpose built?
May 26, 2015 at 8:07 am
Barbara
I’m very late to the party but I can fill you in on the history…and present state of The Floating Hospital. The barge in the photos above are of our last ship (of five), The Lila Acheson Wallace. The Floating Hospital began in 1866 as summer sea excursions for extremely poor children and immigrant families. The first full hospital ship, The Emma Abbot, was launched in 1875. Today, The Floating Hospital is NYC’s largest provider of primary medical, dental and mental healthcare for moms and kids living in family homeless shelters and domestic violence safe houses. Unfortunately, we no longer float on water as the Lila was our last barge–the events of September 11, 2001 set to to land permanently (it became logistically and financially impossible to continue). We always had land-based facilities along with the ship and we are pure land lovers now. We do provide an extensive transportation network to our patients, making about 200 van trips a day to all five boroughs of the city to pick up and return families from our main Long Island City healthcare center. Oh, to have the ship again! Those of us who served on the ship miss it like mad.