A close-up
view of the pully mechanisim on top of the gantry. Notice the large
cables and chains that make-up the system.
Manhattan Island
is not too far away from the Bay Ridge Yard!
Here
is the shoreline along the edge of the yard. Notice what looks like
a sunken barge in the background. There are a lot of old piers that
dot the landscape in this area. These old remnants shows that marine
and train shipping once thrived in this area.
Hank Eisenstein, Oldnyc.com contributor, adds: "The 1/2 sunken object
north of the yard isn't a barge, but another float bridge. The clue is
the block of concrete on the end that is not submerged."
Another
view of the tracks on float bridge. Looking at these pictures, one
can see the potential that this area has for helping New York City and
Long Island achieve world-class freight operations.
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