By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Bill Doherty, August 3, 2021 , discusses a painting of Todd's Shipyard in Red Hook's Erie Basin in the early 1960s based on his memories of being there at the time. "Jiffy Lube, New York Harbor. Early 1960's. What a...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Atlantic Basin Iron Works office and large work shops were located at Imlay, Summit, Van Brunt, and Bowne Streets. They did all sorts of repairs a ship might need including on steamship and diesel motors. Publications from the 1920s list the key...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Many tugboats waited out the rough seas of a 1906 winter storm in the protected waters of the Atlantic Basin. They were: ANNIE R. WOOD Carroll Brothers’ CARROLL BOYS and STERLING CASTOR EDWARD ANNAN F. A. Egerton’s tugs DEFIANCE and HIAWATHA...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In 1920, the New York Tow Boat Exchange represented 34 independent tow boat companies. In their advertisement in the Port of New York Annual, the Exchange boasted that their fleet of 200 boats could handle anything "from the docking and shifting of...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Main entry for the Atlantic Basin Iron Works is HERE The Atlantic Basin Iron Works was a marine repair business located at 168 Van Brunt Street. In the early 1920s, Joseph F. Moran was Vice President and Joseph A. Moran, Treasurer. It is not yet...
