By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Photograph of Erie Basin first graving dock, taken in 1866 its inaugural year. The ship in the graving dock with two tall masts as well as a chimney stack and a large side wheel is believed to be the MORNING STAR, a 2,000 ton liner of the New York...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The racing yacht VALKYRIE , was the unsuccessful British challenger of the ninth America's Cup race in 1895 against American yacht DEFENDER. While in dry dock in Erie Basin, being redied for the race, she was a popular attraction....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Photo taken July 26, 1939 from Columbia Street ("long dock"as old-timers call it) of a family posing aboard their home: the canal barge G.W LETHBRIDGE. The G.W. LETHBRIDGE. was a canal boat that transported grain down the Erie Canal to Red Hook's...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The trans-Pacific sidewheel steamship GREAT REPUBLIC built by Henry Steers in Greenpoint being fitted out in Graving Dock No. 1 of Erie Basin. The photo was taken in 1867. The dock is one year old. The Erie Basin breakwater is unfinished and at...
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Sketches of the shanties near Erie Basin, by artist Robert Cummings Wiseman, 1930s. Images are in the collection of the Museum of City of New York and can be seen by clicking on the links below: 46.136.7 46.136.8 46.136.9 46.136.10 46.136.11...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Line drawing showing tall masted schooners in Erie Basin. The artwork, done in 1906 by Charles Henry White is in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York: 29.100.2351
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Aerial view of the Port of New York's Grain terminal. Photo in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Link to the image: x.2010.11.11743
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Cave-in at Beard's Erie Basin, Pier A, at Richards Street. Beard's Erie Basin, Pier A June 14, 1941. Photos of a cave-in at Pier A, Beard's Erie Basin, foot of Richards Street, June 14, 1941, by the Wurtz Bros photogrophers. Images in the...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Elizabeth Street was renamed Beard Street Dec 14, 1865. Elizabeth was one of the older streets in Red Hook, officially listed at least as early as 1817. William Beard (1806-1886) was an Irish immigrant, who gained his initial success building rail...
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Photo of S.S. CARPATHIA in Dry Dock 4 at Erie Basin Brooklyn, taken December 19, 1913. A year earlier the S.S CARPATHIA rescued 705 survivors from the RMS TITANIC
