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Thanks to John Paul for this photo of the big crane as seen the land area called Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx. The tidal strait–entrance/exit of the Harlem river–is also called Spuyten Duyvil. That 328′ boom shrinks the swing bridge it’s assisting with the repair of. Of course the crane is the one that arrived from California 4.5 years ago here to raise components of the new TZ Bridge and lower the old one.
Paul Strubeck caught the crane from the water side, showing relative size of crane and swing bridge. The higher bridge is Henry Hudson crossing. For much more info on that bridge, click here.
I got these photos yesterday from Inwood Hill Park. The railroad swing bridge was opened in 1900, although it was closed for most of the 1980s. Now it carries 30 trains a day and opens about 1000 times a year, mostly for Circle Line boats.
According to this source, maintenance will focus on mechanical and electrical equipment damaged by Hurricane Sandy. “Navigation strikes” may be another explanation.
The crane is rated at lifting capacity of 1929 tons, powered by three diesel 601 kW (806 hp) main generators and one 91 kW (122 hp) auxiliary generator provide its lifting power. It has no propulsion power of its own.
The manufacturer is ZPMC, the same Chinese firm that provides state-of-the-art port gantry cranes here and here.
I’m not sure whose crew boat this is,
but the tugs on the scene are Dorothy J and
Maybe I’ll find time to go back up that way tomorrow.
Imagine my excitement the other day when I caught Weeks newest trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) come briefly into the sixth boro, likely for fuel or gear. I believe she’s working along the Jersey shore.
Magdalen, named for Chairman Weeks’ mother, is big: 356′ x 80′ with a loaded draft of 25.3′ with hopper capacity of 8550 cubic yards of dredge spoils. A comparison could be made with TSHD Ocean Traverse Nord with capacity of 1543 cubic yards.
For all the specs, click here and go to page 13 of the Weeks Winter 2017 Newsletter.
Her first project was in North Carolina in January 2018.
A similar type TSHD featured here recently was Filippo Brunelleschi, which is significantly larger for different jobs: 465’x 90.2′ with hopper capacity of 14,750 cubic yards. Currently the world’s largest TSHD by hopper capacity is Leiv Eiriksson, 60,165 cubic yards, with dimensions of 764′ x 134,’ currently in Tuzla, Turkey.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Joyce D. Brown with a resplendent paint job on a bright spring morning.
A new boat entering the Narrows in springtime. Know it?
Sea Oak, which I last saw in Southport, NC.
Crystal Cutler, also looking great in the spring sunshine.
The extraordinary Bosco, passing the boscage of Shooters Island.
The vertically oriented Genesis Vision, previously known as Superior Service.
Paul Andrew, once sported a respectable Christmas tree here (scroll).
Another great name . . Sea Fox.
Marjorie B McAllister, perfectly positioned with the arrow on CMA CGM Almaviva,
Rebecca Ann, with a great origin story that maybe someone who reads this knows better than I do. All I remember is that it was locally built . . . with spare steel . . . I hope I’m right about that. And she’s currently involved in a project that might place her in tomorrow’s post. I believe she first appeared in this blog in 2010 here (scroll).
Any guesses?
Answer below.
Yes, Seeley, which was once a Vane Brothers boat called Vane Brothers.
All photos taken in april 2018 by Will Van Dorp.
Traffic on the East River captivates, in part, because of the context, the vertical density shrinks even large vessels, or flotillas like this.
Weeks 531, I’m thinking, must be fairly new, not only because I’ve seen her only in 2018, but more so because she doesn’t show up on the Weeks crane pages. For a 500-ton lift capacity crane, she’s strangely absent online.
Unlike most crane barges that I’ve seen, she has a prominent superstructure.
When she was “west” bound the other day, Katherine was out front, tailed by
Susan and Michael (ex-Freddie K) Miller.
Back in January I caught the next two photos of Weeks 531 headed directly from the AK into Newark Bay. At first view, I assumed Weeks had a huge new tug.
That’s Bergen Point between the equipment and my lens.
All photos by Will Van Dorp. Can anyone fill in more info on the 531?
Previous posts featuring Weeks equipment can be found here with the Shuttle Enterprise and here with USAirways Flight 1549, in both cases involving Weeks 533, another 500-ton capacity crane.
Check out what British Cygnet looks like less laden . . later in the post.
MSC Marina heads for sea in the morning light.
Panamax Christina has some cargo (coal, I think) transferred before leaving town. I believe that’s Weeks Seeley alongside.
Hafnia Leo waits in the anchorage.
Poland Pearl offloads salt for ice to come after our current supply melts and gets replaced by many more days of winter.
So . . . I wish I could have gotten a bow-on shot of British Cygnet. There’s a lot of hold under the water when she’s loaded.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who lost track of time today.
And random perspectives, like this of James E. Brown approaching the W’burg Bridge, whose namesake was an engineer you’d never guess.
Yes, that’s Manhattan.
Marty C is a Weeks tug I’ve never heard of, here assisting Weeks 500 modify shoreline.
If you’re wondering, you’re looking into the Bronx.
And finally, with queens in the near background, it’s the workhorse Ellen McAllister.
And that reminds me, I saw Prentiss Brown this morning, although she was way down on the horizon, so far off I couldn’t even force my camera to focus. You may recall Prentiss Brown as Michaela McAllister. And Chicagoans know her barge as the “jinx ship,” back when she was still self propelled. Now I’m keeping my eyes peeled for the former Katie G and Colleen McAllister. Have they been renamed?
All photos, etc. by Will Van Dorp.
GWA stands “go[ing] west again,” the next set of posts all attempting to catch myself and maybe you up, if you’re following along, with random and I hope interesting photos from the past almost three weeks. I realize that catching up is impossible, and in this case while I had vacated the sixth boro, big stuff happened.
A word that comes to mind is protean– named for Proteus. Type “define: protean” into google and you’ll appreciate why it’s difficult to catch up. But here goes.
Within a half hour of departing Warren RI, we pass Naema and
Lionheart. Do check the links. Either would be worthy of a post in itself.
And still north of the Rte 138 bridge, we see NOAA R/V Henry B Bigelow.
On the cusp of Block Island Sound, we encounter inbound Atlantic Pioneer, where you’d expect her returning from a run. Here’s a post I did almost exactly two years ago when Atlantic Pioneer components still needed to be combined at the shipyard.
A bit further, it’s Carol Jean and Islander, both Block Island bound, although one will arrive much before the other.
By now, we’re into Long Island Sound and being overtaken by darkness. That’s Atlantic Navigator II as a speck heading toward us.
This dawn photo found us within NYC and approaching the East river. It’s Fort Totten, designed for the entire US by Robert E Lee. Here could be a dilemma: there’s no debate that I know of of striking his name from the credits for this fort.
We pass HuntsPoint Produce Market,
the floating pool,
Marty C–a Weeks tug I’ve never seen,
the “north end” of Roosevelt Island with the Blackwell Island Light,
Gabby L Miller pushing past Cornell Tech‘s yet-to-be used buildings,
the Brooklyn Navy yard with Asphalt Sailor and –I believe– the old Great Point,
swimmers in the water doing a Manhattan circumnatation,
and–let’s end it here for today–a yacht named Vava II. Here’s info on her owner.
Protean . . . day 1? It’s not even over, and I think so.
Lots more to come.
I stopped by around midday today. Trevor had been alongside all morning. I presume this was loading cargo support materials. Here’s the last post I did where Trevor appeared. These first two photos are taken from Brooklyn looking across at Staten Island.
Time is of the essence here, but I’ll bet working in the 90 degree F temperatures was draining.
Here’s the prep as seen from Fort Wadsworth.
Reynolds‘ Twin Tube appears to be standing by with supplies for crew and possibly spares.
Let’s hope tomorrow proves an eventful day. . .
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I’ve mentioned Heraclitus before here . . . he’s the guy credited with observing that you never step into the same river twice. It’s certainly true about going to a the Kills with a camera. Take Saddleback . . . never seen it before I thought . . . although on longer reflection, yes I had here, doing what it’s designed and built for back in 1992 and in the North River back in the winter. Stern view just looks different than profile.
As my eye followed Saddleback to the east, I noticed this “neck,” and for some instants wondered what was afoot, or afloat at least.
I didn’t have long to wait . . . it was Weeks 526 pushed by Shelby, Norfolk bound as it turns out.
Mr Russell usually stays upriver, but shuffles are sometimes necessary . . .
I suppose some of this equipment will end up in Boats and Harbors once the TZ project is complete.
Gelberman . . . at first I thought she was headed here to fuel, and that would have surprised me because I’d never noticed that before, but when the fishing poles came out,
I realized they had a different objective, one
that boats like this benefit greatly from.
I’ll end this foot-in-the-water with Gabby, pushing a small barge with reinforcing forms.
More soon. All photos by Will Van Dorp.
And finally . . . a research request: a friend is looking for photos of McAllister workboat M. L. Edwards. Birk writes about it here, and Bob Mattsson includes this photo
of it here.
Patricia was built in 1963 and works in the sixth boro here and here, and last I knew worked for C.H. Phoenix LLC of Green Cove Springs, Fl. . . . I like the racing stripes.
Caitlin Ann was built in 1961 and has worked for DonJon since 2011. Here, she and
Sarah Ann appear to be moving coal. Sarah Ann is from 2003, working for DonJon since 2009.
Marion Moran has worked by that name since 1982. I think that’s Katherine Weeks on the far side of the barge.
Bruce A. McAllister,
Eric McAllister, and
Alex McAllister were all working from the Narrows the
other morning.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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