The
float bridge with the overhead gantry frame. Notice the two large
wheels at the top of the gantry. The wheels helped with the raising
and lowering of railcars on the bridge.
A
side-view of the float bridge. Old wooden pilings are tossed about,
and the wood is charred from a fire that blazed long ago.
Here
is a section of the carfloat that looks very similar to the carfloat found
at the B&O West 26th Street yards (see the B&O West 26th Street
Yards Virtual Tour at OldNYC.com for pictures of that particular carfloat).
The
carfloat rises from the Hudson River to the shoreline. The carfloat
is in terrible shape.
These
wheels give the appearance as if there is a flipped-over tractor trailer
in the water. It's tough to tell what these wheels were in fact used
for when the carfloat was servicing New York Central's freight cars.
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