Sepia-tone photo of Union Dry Dock Repair Co. & Erie Railroad Marine Division activities in Weehawken, N.J., no date, ca. 1920.
Entry/Object ID
2003.049.0002
Description
Sepia-tone photo of Union Dry Dock Repair Co. & Erie Rail Road Marine Division activities in Weehawken, N.J., no date, ca. 1920. 5" x 7" wide print. Photographer not known. Reverse is blank.
The view is looking east with New York City in the background. Three dry docks are visible with lighterage car float barges in two of them. Note the two ferries on the Hudson River and the ferry terminal at the left. At the center is a car float barge with a tugboat underway to New York.In the lower right corner is what appears to be the remains of several vessels possibly the result of a fire.
Union Dry Dock Repair Co. was located in Weehawken from 1908 until it moved to its present facility in Hoboken in the late 1980's.
Acquisition
Accession
2003.049
Source or Donor
Karton, Frank
Acquisition Method
Donation
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Karton
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1915 - 1925
Place
Location
Weehawken
Notes
Date: 1915-1925
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
General Notes
Note
Display Value: Good
Notes: This image appeared on page 10 of publication "The Lighterage System in the New York/New Jersey Harbor." Publication of The Hudson Waterfront Museum in Conjunction with the Exhibition on the Lehigh Valley Covered Barge #79, Liberty State Park, New Jersey, July 1992. (archive catalog 2003.019.0013)
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2003-06-27
