Discover New York's Hidden Harbors

Saturday, 17 May 2003
11 am to 5 pm
Pier 11 - Foot of Wall Street
Manhattan

drydock

Explore the New York/New Jersey industrial waterfront. Watch giant cranes, massive floating drydocks, functional railroad float bridges, barges, tugboats, gigantic heaps of metal scrap, container loading operations and much more. See where QE2 was drydocked after her grounding in Nantucket Sound, and the graving docks that serviced giant US Navy battleships. Observe how your Toyota or TV was delivered via maritime transport.

All tours fully narrated, last about 1.5 hours. $2 adults, $1 seniors and children with coupon. For more information, call John Doswell, 212 757 1600 or email John@DoswellProductions.Com

Schedule of Tours
Saturday 17 May 2003
Noon to 5 PM

11 AM to 4 PM — Hidden Harbor Boat Tours from Pier 11, Manhattan
  Departures: 11 am, noon, 1 pm, 2 pm
Traveling to Brooklyn Navy Yard, Atlantic Basin, Erie Basin, Gowanus Bay and Canal (See graving docks, giant cranes, sunken lightship & more)

Traveling to New Jersey Port Facilities, the Kill Van Kull and Staten Island tug yards. (See drydocks, oil terminals, giant scrap mountain)

10 AM - 4 PM — Ride New York Water Taxi with half price with coupon
Ride New York Water Taxi with half price coupon available from the following locations: Manhattan: Pier 84 (West 44th St), Pier 62 (West 23rd Street at Chelsea Piers), North Cove (World Financial Center), Pier A (Battery Park), Pier 11 (foot of Wall Street) and Brooklyn: Fulton Ferry Landing (foot of Old Fulton Street)
4 PM to 5:30 — Finale Boat Tour and Flotilla
   Departing: 4 pm
Finale Boat Tour and Flotilla to escort 4 cruise ships down the Hudson from the Passenger Ship Terminal on the west side of Manhattan. Departing from Pier 83 and Pier 63 Maritime, Manhattan, led by the retired fireboat John J. Harvey.
John Harvey

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