Skeleton

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WOW!

Fri 09-09-2005

a little spooky but neat

Thu 09-29-2005

From the structure that's left, i'd say this ferry might be from the early 1900's.. my guess would be between 1903-1925, but i'm not 100% sure

Art Owens

Mon 10-10-2005

I think I found my next vacation spot

filthy s person

Thu 10-13-2005

I swear-- there was a model of this very ship-- or her sister ship-- on the Antiques Roadshow the other day! It was something or something-or-other name, first laid (ahem) in 1912.

CatsFive

Thu 10-20-2005

CatsFive, is that also t he last time? (smiles sweetly)

~Me

Thu 10-20-2005

Yet another place I must hit up at some point. Were there any abandoned cars in the water too? I have a penchant for that HAHA

Trakker

Fri 10-28-2005

There were some old small ferries running in the 60's.. Miss New York and the Knickabocker. This one looks like their mother.

LoL ~Me!

Wow, you've managed to make even the water look sinister! Amazing photo...
~Me: If you didn't use it for 90 years, I think it would quit functioning! It would probably rust away... We are still talking about this lovely ferry, correct? ;)

Sketch

Wed 12-14-2005

Likely the Jamestown- old diesel ferries that worked the harbor routes

Thu 12-15-2005

Her name starts with "SEA." Definitely not a Staten Island Ferry and I don't think she was part of the Raritan ferry fleet either.

Jarett

Wed 01-18-2006

That is pretty well eaten out. Dang, what a cool and creepy set of shots you have here...I can't imagine what it would have been like to actaully be here taking them.

Kort

Mon 02-27-2006

Truly a sad and melancholy scene, one that truly saddens the heart of any enthusiast of classic harbor ferries. That ferry was one of the old diesel-electrics operated by the City Of New York from 1959 to 1966. The wreck in this picture is either the remains of the SEAWELLS POINT or her sister, JAMESTOWN. These two ferries were built in 1926 by the American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation of Camden, NJ. During the 60s, these two boats operated between E. 134th St in the Bronx, and Rikers Island, until a bridge was built in 1966. The ferries last ran on October 31, 1966, and were both sold for scrap to Wittes .

John

Sat 05-20-2006

incredable!! that place is awsome!

Alex

Fri 06-02-2006

i wonder if it was a steamboat it reminds of a game i play alot

blot

Thu 06-15-2006

the top of it looks like the mary murry it might be part of the raritian fleet? or maybe the " jarret said that her name starts with sea could it possibley be the seawells point that john mentioned

mark

Wed 07-12-2006

It is either JAMESTOWN or SEWELLS POINT, both of which were Diesel electric ferrys. They started their lives running from Jamestown to Sewells Point in Virginia I think, later came North to work in New York harbor.

FB JIM

Thu 08-10-2006

The Pictures are great!
Maybe one day I might get their too!

Glen

Mon 09-04-2006

I think one of these ferries sit on the banks of some creek next to the NJ turnpike. You can see it heading north between exit 9 and 10. Its not quite abandoned, ( the owner still has barbecues on it, or just hangs out there) but i don't think its going anywhere. i looks ugly, but from what i've heard ist still structurally sound.

Chris

Mon 09-18-2006

The ferryboat on the NJ Turnpike is a Staten Island Ferryboat, Mary Murray. She was built in 1937, along with two sisters one scrapped long ago, and the other scraped less than six years ago. The vessel pictured here was an East River Ferry bilt in 1926.

Jeffrey Cavorley

Mon 09-18-2006

freaky skeleton but awsome

BigDaddyE

Wed 10-11-2006

Is there anyway to get history on any of these ships?

luanna

Fri 10-13-2006

Hey Motts, any chance you got some shots of the steamer that's just the other side of this ferry? That one's called the New Bedford and she's got a fascinating history of service in WW2.

Dunny

Sat 12-23-2006

No, but I will try when I return!

Motts

Wed 12-27-2006

Looks really cool. With what it looks like I am surprised that it is still standing right now.

Jason

Tue 01-16-2007

It still looks safe enough to explore. If I could rent a boat I would explore it. I would be carful
where I walk walking on it though because there is probably alot of rust holes in the decks.

Jason

Tue 01-30-2007

how sad to see a once proud ship in such bad shape

eman

Wed 04-25-2007

The boat is the "Seawells Point" of 1926: one of the original Electric Ferries. When traveling on the expressway in Staten Island to the Outerbridge Crossing, I used to just be able to see her resting offshore. She has been sitting there since the late 1960's.

Moshe

Sat 06-16-2007

boat was built in 1926 in camden nj, and it is pretty cool inside

nice photo

Its hard to believe that that(expressing myself with a due source of exaution and dred) was once a ferry steaming across small bodies of water.

Nicholai

Sun 10-28-2007

"By: Sketch Wow, you've managed to make even the water look sinister! "
I didn't think the water needed any help, from what I've read here. :-) Love this site. As many have said "There is something about Shipwrecks..."

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