With a tip of the hat to Jonathan Steinman for the photo and everyone else for updates, here’s a screen capture I took moments ago. The destination of the cargo was Charleston Charlestown Navy Yard Drydock 1. For a photo showing the existing door . . . identical to the one that traversed the East River two days ago, click here.
Thanks all for your group sourcing efforts. And greetings to the crew of tug Challenger. What is the life expectancy of a graving dock door? Click here for a post I did in March 2011on the floating door to the dry dock in Bayonne. Here’s more about the shipyard. Also, the dry dock featured in this tugster post from almost two years ago . . . I think it’s no longer used. ??
And for a closing photo, here’s a phonesnap from Steve Munoz from 48 hours ago, also taken with an intensely urban Manhattan context looking across half the East River toward Roosevelt Island.
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February 25, 2015 at 12:16 pm
walt
Charleston looks like the Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry-dock sans the
East River Bridges
February 25, 2015 at 12:18 pm
tugster
although it’s been over 20 years, i recall Charleston MA is a nice visit, esp. if you take a tour of the Constitution.
February 25, 2015 at 1:27 pm
Les Sonnenmark
The dry dock in the post from two years ago is still in use. It’s one of the largest on the East Coast and is operated by Boston Ship Repair. Cruise ships, Military Sealift Command ships and Maritime Administration ships are among the customers.
February 25, 2015 at 1:30 pm
tugster
thanks, Les
February 25, 2015 at 5:21 pm
tugster
Ooops Department . . . . it’s CharlesTOWN Navy Yard Drydock, not CharlesTON . . a wholly other place. Thanks to JED for pointing out my error; it just goes to show that sometimes I look but do not see.