I’m back, with lots of gallivanting to catch up, but first . . a whole lotta fotos from this morning in the sixth boro. Any ideas what’s going on here? What is that gray blur in the center of the foto and why are the gulls so frenzied? Be forewarned . . . this post has so many twists/turns . . . it’s divided into parts, even though I took all these fotos in the span of less than an hour.
Part 1
Answer: It’s how over three million cubic yards of sand is being added to Rockaway Beach . . at least for a while. Here’s what the NY Daily News says about it. Here’s an article and video from Dredging Today.
And here . . . off in the Rockaway Inlet are the machines mining and pumping the sand, seen closer up in this recent tugster post.
Part 2. Notice the piping coming from the stern of McCaskill.
I could not resist wondering about these birds whose name rhymes with “lovers.”
Part 3. Follow this sweep of fotos as I turn to the left.
An Atlantic City billboard on Far Rockaway? Is a mixed up sense of geography part of Sandy’s legacy? I keep turning left.
A Potemkin village and that’s an A Train station to the right?
See the silvery cars of the A train? It’s a Boardwalk Empire set in the wasteland of eastern Rockaway Beach . . . . I was hoping to buy some of that food at those prices!
Of course, I had to look behind.
I half expected to find some Aral Sea boats back here too.
Part 4. Once back on the boardwalk, I saw this fishing boat about a quarter mile from shore. I’m guessing it’s unrelated to the sand piping and pumping, but . . . who knows.
All fotos today by Will Van Dorp.
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August 16, 2013 at 3:10 pm
John Huntington
Very cool! I was just out there last weekend and took a photo of that dredging ship to look it up later, and hadn’t got to it. so thanks for the post!
August 17, 2013 at 7:41 am
JED!
So there’s some dredgin’ going on here as well in a couple spots. Turns out that Super Storm SANDY is lining the pockets of MANY. We discover more shoaling elsewhere that will require dealing with – sooner rather than later in a perfect world. I defy you to TRY and find an available dredge for an affordable price. They are ALL employed in correcting what SANDY wrought.
April 14, 2015 at 11:58 am
ed boynton
the fishing vessel is dredging with a hyd. dredge for clams….