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Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

The last factory

Beltango, a 650-foot Panama-flagged bulk ship, arrived on the North River on Wednesday with a cargo of gypsum from Garrucha, Spain headed for the wallboard plant in Buchanan, NY. Also visible in the first photo is DonJon Marine’s J. Arnold Witte with a DSNY waste paper scow and Stasinos Marine’s Joanne Marie, currently providing ice escort services for NY Waterways ferries traversing the river.

The wallboard plant in Buchanan has operated since the 1960s and receives monthly deliveries of Spanish gypsum, the primary ingredient in their product. With the closure of the Domino Sugar refinery in Yonkers at year-end, CertainTeed gypsum is now the only manufacturer on the lower Hudson River receiving direct maritime deliveries by ship.

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