RE: (erielack) Marine operations (was: Classic Trains/ Hoboken)

["Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>]

Pete S wrote:

> The photo was taken in may 1970.  There is a small park just 
> north of campus and south of Maxwell House coffee that 
> overlooked the HBS float bridge there.

The park is called Elysian Park (the whole area used to be known as Elysian
Fields, where the first baseball game was played). As a graduate of Stevens
Tech (located right next door), I remember waking up smelling the coffee in
the mornings, and remembering that giant Maxwell House "Good to the Last
Drop" coffee cup neon sign. <sigh>


> If you search Google 
> Earth for Hoboken and follow Frank Sinatra Drive north you 
> can still see where the float bridge was.  There is still a 
> barge there with some kind of crane on it!

Even better, there is a former EL barge there! (number "0" - odd number, but
that's what it's painted as)  It's owned by the shipyard there, but the
folks there are really paranoid of photographers (trust me, I speak from
experience), so you have to try and shoot it through the fence from the
street. 

Here's the shot I was able to get of it:
http://el-list.elhts.org/archives/elbarge.jpg
	- Paul


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