Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna Railroad Yard, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Summary
Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major railroad; because Pier No. 6 was the only coal pier in New York/New Jersey Harbor in the first quarter of the 20th century; for the technology involved in incline and elevated pier construction; and for information about the configuration of a ca. 1900 freight yard of a major coal handling railroad in the New York/New Jersey Harbor.
Survey number: HAER NJ-50
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Tags
granaries
grain industry
coal mining
railroad companies
jersey city
delaware
lackawanna
western
railroad
western railroad
pier
erie
yard
erie lackawanna railroad yard
hudson
hudson county
new jersey
delaware lackawanna western railroad
historic american engineering record
photo
design
industrial history
coal mines and mining
mining industry
library of congress
architectural diagrams
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Jersey City
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40.72816, -74.07764
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html