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Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

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Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

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Summary

Significance: The Greenville Yard Transfer Bridge System is the last surviving example in New York Harbor of a suspended-type car float transfer bridge. The innovative design of the transfer bridge was introduced by PRR engineers in 1888, and proved superior to other types in ease and speed of operation. The design was perfected and electrified with the building of the Greenville facility in 1905, and became the standard adopted by many other railroads.

Survey number: HAER NJ-49-A

Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1943 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work

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jersey city greenville yard greenville yard transfer bridge transfer bridge system port upper upper new york bay hudson hudson county new york new york city new jersey mary alfson american bridge company j a bensel w c bowles w h brown richard m casella f l dubosque historic american engineering record steele and condict company rob tucher photo ultra high resolution high resolution industrial history library of congress
date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bensel, J A
DuBosque, F L
Bowles, W C
Brown, W H
American Bridge Company
Steele & Condict Company
Alfson, Mary, transmitter
Tucher, Rob, photographer
Casella, Richard M, historian
place

Location

Jersey City ,  40.72816, -74.07764
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Transfer Bridge System, J A Bensel, W C Bowles

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jersey city greenville yard greenville yard transfer bridge transfer bridge system port upper upper new york bay hudson hudson county new york new york city new jersey mary alfson american bridge company j a bensel w c bowles w h brown richard m casella f l dubosque historic american engineering record steele and condict company rob tucher photo ultra high resolution high resolution industrial history library of congress