Sepia-tone photo of Union Dry Dock & Repair Co. workers repairing transfer car float barge No. 28 in dry dock, Weehawken, N.J., no date, ca. late 1920
Entry/Object ID
2003.048.0002
Description
Sepia-tone photo of Union Dry Dock & Repair Co. workers repairing a transfer car float barge no. 28 in Hudson River dry dock in Weehawken, N.J., no date, ca. late 1920's. 4-3/4" high x 6-3/4" wide print on a 6" x 8" photographer's mount. Photographer not identified. Captioned in image. Reverse is has two-line holographic ink inscription, probably modern: late 1920's | (illegible) barge on a wooden dry dock.
The view is looking east with New York City in the background. The Erie Rail Road maintained a Marine Repair Yard in this area and railroad car floats were typically present here. See photo catalog 2003.048.0001 for another view of this scene.
The company was located in Weehawken from 1908 until it moved to its present facility in Hoboken in the late 1980's.
Acquisition
Accession
2003.048
Source or Donor
Union Dry Dock & Repair Company
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Union Dry Dock & Repair Company.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1925 - 1935
Place
Location
Weehawken
Notes
Date: 1925-1935
Dimensions
Height
5 in
Width
7 in
General Notes
Note
Display Value: Good
Notes: This image appeared on the cover 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
