Tag: NJ waterfront
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Westerly winds
Brisk west winds brought occasional rain squalls but mostly sunny skies on Saturday. Sewage does not pause for the weekend unfortunately, and the DEP’s Red Hook continued its appointed rounds servicing the North River plant and ferrying sludge to the Hunts Point plant for dewatering. The structure visible above the middle of the tanker is…
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Landing craft find new purpose
Two repurposed landing craft passed through the North River today, apparently having found new missions in the marine construction industry. The first was under its own power and had no visible markings on the bow and was not reporting information on AIS so we cannot identify it. It appeared to be an old landing craft…
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The trend is your friend
Temperatures continue to trend warmer, giving us hope that the worst of winter is behind us. The photo below shows the sun setting behind the Galaxy Apartments in Guttenberg New Jersey. The three Galaxy buildings went up in 1976, among the earliest towers built on that side of the river. The main entrances to the…
North River Notes 