Crane collapse at Hoboken dry dock
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August
8/21/2008:
At about 1:20pm, it was reported that a crane collapsed at the Union Dry Dock & Repair facility on Sinatra Drive.
One person fell in the water, but no serious injuries were reported. The worker was taken to HUMC for observation. There was also concern that the crane (engine still running) may have leaked some kind of fuel in the water, in addition to the piles of debris.
Regardless, the whole gang is involved. New York Harbor Patrol, Hoboken Marine One, Hoboken Fire, Hoboken Police, three ambulances, and building inspector are now on the scene.
I wonder if they can deem the facility “unsafe” to pave way for more high-rise condos!?
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August 21st 2008 - 14:22:01 |
More high-rise condos would be a huge improvement.
This facility is an eyesore. It is a waste of prime waterfront space.
The development plan can include a continuation of the jogging path and some nice public space, just as there is in front of Shipyard, Hudson Tea, Maxwell, 333, etc.
It’s win, win, win.
They can always build another shipyard in Bayonne, Staten Island, etc. They have plenty of otherwise useless waterfront left (e.g., near the sewerage plant).
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August 21st 2008 - 14:29:44 |
I see helicopters flying over the site from my office. I guess if it involves a crane, it must be BIG NEWS!
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August 21st 2008 - 14:37:19 |
“building inspector are now on the scene”
Did Al get to use his flashing red light?
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August 21st 2008 - 14:40:46 |
Actually, I mis-informed… Al Arezzo is NOW on his way to the scene…
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August 21st 2008 - 14:41:31 |
Huh? Looks like someone went out to the bar for lunch today.
YuppieSteve wrote:
Ummm… no it really wouldn’t. First of all, there isn’t much in the way of actual land (terra firma) there. Most of what you see of the dry dock, is, well… the dry dock. It looks bigger than it is because of the equipment in the water. This site would not sustain high-rise construction (nor should it.)
YuppieSteve wrote:
This facility is the last vestige of a long and storied history of waterfront industry in Hoboken. As the last of the last I see it as more of a reminder of what has past than an “eyesore.”
Sure, the day will come when it will go. I think it will actually be a somewhat sad day, though it will indeed allow another link of the waterfront walkway to be completed, which is great.
YuppieSteve wrote:
Where exactly the “waterfront” at 15th and Adams? The water stops east of the Park Avenue Viaduct. I’ll have what he’s having…
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August 21st 2008 - 14:46:21 |
So did we send our crane inspectors to the NYC school of crane inspectors?
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August 21st 2008 - 14:48:33 |
… I believe he was referring to Staten Island and Bayonne have plenty of useless waterfront left by their sewerage plant…
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August 21st 2008 - 14:48:41 |
CharlieAParker wrote:
Thank god we pay for building inspectors to have city cars! Or is that flashing red light his nose?
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August 21st 2008 - 14:53:18 |
>>>>The development plan can include a continuation of the jogging path and some nice public space, just as there is in front of Shipyard, Hudson Tea, Maxwell, 333, etc
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August 21st 2008 - 15:13:45 |
hoboken hammer wrote:
Thanks Hammer. That makes more sense. When I think sewerage, I think Hoboken!
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August 21st 2008 - 16:31:24 |
This story actually made it onto CNN, which is how I first learned about it.
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August 21st 2008 - 18:01:05 |
Bauhaus wrote:
I hope the fishermen on pier A got the word. They say oily fish is good for the heart, but there are no Omega 3’s in the Diesil slick. Ha ha.
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August 21st 2008 - 19:37:43 |
As a federal agent, I must say it’s pretty bad that the local building inspector has a better cop car! But it sounds like he sees a lot more action….
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August 21st 2008 - 23:18:06 |
actually there’s no room left on the waterfront. NY Waterway spent a couple years looking for a new place for all their ferries and maintenance facility as they and Roseland have built condos pretty much right up to next door. In the last 5 years about 3 different drydock and ship repair places from Perth Amboy to Red Hook have been bought up for “higher and better” (read: more lucrative) uses. Union Dry dock is THE LAST such repair facility on the Hudson south of the Tappan Zee Bridge, on either side.
just last month NYC released a report that said as many as 32 NEW dry docks are needed in and around NYC over the next 20 years to help address the maintenance needs of all the tugs, barges, cranes (ouch!) and other working vessels. Once these working waterfront uses become residential, they will never become maritime again. As these facilities dry up, it only will make us MORE DEPENDENT on trucks and cars for getting around…
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August 22nd 2008 - 12:25:01 |
Elvis is right- more dependent on trucks and cars, and more likely that one day when people move out of the cities they will be living on landfills, because there is no maritime industry to take care carting away garbage. Most people dont realize that their yuppie trash is taken away on barges that are repaired and built in these such places every day. Everything you buy in the store comes from overseas- they come on tankers into ports like elizabeth and newark, and then on barages. The dry dock is not in anyones way, and is a reminder of all the indusrty that was around prior to the “take-over” of hoboken. I am sure one day it will close- and it will be a sad day- but until then… stop your whining and be a bit appreciative.
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