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Shooters Island, Ships Graveyard, Vessel No. 37, Newark Bay, Staten Island (subdivision), Richmond County, NY
Summary
Significance: Vessel Number 37 is a relatively well-preserved covered barge with living quarters for the operators of the barge, a stove cage for heating and ice boxes for cooling the protected cargo. This vessel is typical of a once-common type which was significant in harbor lighterage, and has now virtually diasppeared.
Survey number: HAER NY-162-A
Building/structure dates: ca. 1923 Initial Construction
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Date
1923
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wisniewski, Charles
Kardas, Susan
Larrabee, Edward
Nash, Robert
Nash, Leslie Duffy
Yearby, Jean P
Brower, Norman
Location
new york, 40.57953, -74.15020
Source
Library of Congress
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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
