Happy winter!
The photo below is from July 2015, and it’s how and where I expect to see James E. Brown.
So you can imagine how surprised I was to see James E. yesterday where I did, so join me in the experience. I had to squint to understand this, squint and wait. At first I thought it was a carfloating job that took a wrong turn. Then I wondered why the railcars were so small. Still later, I realized
that what my eyes identified as boxcars were
actually large I-beams.
But when the tow got to the south end of Newark Bay,
they went north into the Hackensack. I’m not sure what work is happening up there.
That’s a handsome boat, that James E. Brown.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
tugster: a waterblog 
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December 21, 2016 at 12:11 pm
bowsprite
wow!
so nice! so nice, like sugar and spice. WOW!
December 21, 2016 at 4:32 pm
ws
Nice shot of Bayway”s Wet Scrubber!
December 22, 2016 at 2:28 am
sfdi1947
Look like bridge road decking frames? Tappan Zee?
December 22, 2016 at 3:07 am
Anonymous
No they are building a new Route 7 bridge over the Hackensack River. They have James E. Brown bringing the beams and Weeks Tug Shelby manuevering the huge Weeks Crane they have helping with the build. Also recently they had Donjon equipment working at the PSE&G power plant on the Hackensack as well.
December 22, 2016 at 6:28 am
Harry T Scholer
Anybody know what’s happening to USS Ling up there in Hackensack? Logged a lot of “sea time” there when my son was a boy.