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Tuesday 0630. Note here that crews have already begun lowering the booms of these new gantry cranes in order to fit under the VZ Bridge.
Wednesday 0915. Plans were to begin the transit, but an anchor windlass refused to cooperate.
Wednesday 1030. And the fog began to descend.
Thursday 0630. It was a glorious morning.
Thursday 1000. It’s a go. That’s Media Boat 4 in the foreground.
1026. I read there’s a 10′ clearance, but my perspective–faulty–said otherwise.
1027. Yup . . . plenty clearance.
1140. near the Bayonne Bridge
1141. James D. Moran in the hard hat area.
1146.
1147. Under the bridge and then a turn into Port Elizabeth.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Read a Staten Island Advance article here.
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April 26, 2018 at 3:59 pm
ws
U make nice pictures, from the marine layer burning off this morning to squeezing under the newly raised $1.7 billion dollar Bayonne bridge
April 26, 2018 at 4:04 pm
bowsprite
A-1!
April 26, 2018 at 7:15 pm
Gene Clark
As a “Hell’s Kitchen Kid” from the 1950’s, and, who’s father was an ILA member, it is an amazing transition to see the port evolving to recovery from the impact of the St. Laurence Sea Way.