The Lehigh Valley Barge #79 was built in 1914, and celebrated her 100th birthday last year. She is the last of her kind. The barge was built entirely of long-leaf yellow pine, or Pinus Palustris. Boards cut from these trees are very heavy and will not rot, making them extremely suitable for shipbuilding. The trees mature after 100 to 150 […]
Day: May 7, 2015
Red Hook History: When graft was “honest” – the story of Coffey Park, by Connor Gaudet
In his folksy 1903 memoir Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, the very skilled ring democrat George Washington Plunkitt eloquently defended the manner in which so many politicians got rich off of taxpayer dollars. He states, “My party’s in power in the city, and it’s goin’ to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I’m tipped off, say, that they’re going to […]