A month ago I caught this small drydock floating in. Today at noon Doris Moran with James Turecamo assisting dragged
this huge newbuild under the Brooklyn Bridge, the very same
day this tip was added to the WTC1 spire. Also, it was about 175 days ago that some parts for the spire came barging in like this.
Those are South Street Seaport Museum’s vessels over beyond the drydock.
Someone can refresh my memory of the dimensions this drydock will accommodate, but I can see the Staten Island ferry eyeing it already.
The tow headed through the Buttermilk Channel before
John Watson picked up these shots as they headed across the Upper Bay, passed Robbins Reef Light, and the
KVK, where she will operate.
The last two fotos here come from John Watson; all others by Will Van Dorp, who got these fotos inside another Caddell drydock three years ago.
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May 10, 2013 at 4:31 pm
Kostas Pervolarakis
The dry dock is 120′ x 420′ and 30′ Height. Geared primarily for the larger barges out there like the DBL-140 and the RTC-145.
May 10, 2013 at 4:45 pm
tugster
thanks, kostas.
May 10, 2013 at 8:23 pm
tugpower
It was a Hull Of A Day today in the sixth boro, and the start of a BREAKAWAY Weekend.
May 10, 2013 at 8:57 pm
bowsprite
ah! I got shots of Breakaway breaking in…shall send!
May 11, 2013 at 10:25 am
HT
Thanks Wil for posting these photos,my dad enjoyed them very much and he was seeing the new Trade Center for the first time.
May 12, 2013 at 9:33 am
tugster
my pleasure . . HT
May 11, 2013 at 10:28 am
walt stevens
Pier 17 One can see the Blue windows of the closed businesses.
I guess this is what they mean when they say mission accomplished.
This is a good thing for for the RE developers, and everyone else loses.
Thank God for your Blog, the Fourth estate would have you believe
everything Sandy has been repaired