Historic Landmark on the Hudson River

Month: May 2013

  • Sunken barge update: a big bite

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    After days of a metallic banging and clanging, the demolition crane was relatively silent yesterday. The crane barge Newark Bay took a time out from barge busting to do some scrap hauling. It was joined by another larger crane barge the Columbia, which lifted the stern portion of the sunken barge that had been busted…

  • Sunken barge update: bits and pieces

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    After the remaining contents of the sunken barge were emptied onto another barge using a clamshell crane, the recovery of the sunken barge entered a new phase last week. Apparently, the attempt to patch it was unsuccessful or more gaping holes were discovered below the waterline. Our Glasco correspondent Dock S. was on the scene…

  • Shoreline clean-up yields boatloads of trash

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    The Lighthouse peninsula is a lot cleaner after our Saturday morning river sweep. Eighteen volunteers spent over two hours along the jetty picking up debris washed ashore by recent floods. Plastic, styrofoam and other flotsam filled fifty garbage bags. Our supply barge served as a floating trash hauler, delivering two mounded boatloads to the Coast…

  • Reminder: river sweep on Saturday

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    Join us for a shoreline clean up this Saturday morning, May 11th. Get some fresh air, enjoy the river, and make the area look spiffy! Meet at the Lighthouse at 9AM ready to pick up trash. Hope to see you there!

  • Salvage of wrecked barge begins

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    Yesterday morning, the crane barge Delaware Bay arrived at Magdalen Island. The crane is equipped with a clamshell dredge to remove the fill from the grounded hopper barge. It was accompanied by an empty hopper barge to receive the fill with the tugboat Mary Alice. According to a report from our downstream neighbor Dock, the…