Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna Railroad Yard, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Summary
Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major railroad; because Pier No. 6 was the only coal pier in New York/New Jersey Harbor in the first quarter of the 20th century; for the technology involved in incline and elevated pier construction; and for information about the configuration of a ca. 1900 freight yard of a major coal handling railroad in the New York/New Jersey Harbor.
Survey number: HAER NJ-50
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Jersey City, 40.72816, -74.07764
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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