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Former E-L Ferryboat BINGHAMPTON to be Scrapped |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Nov 28 09:58:47 2016 It was reported in the New York Times (11/28/16) that the former Lackawanna ferryboat “BINGHAMPTON” is to be dismantled and scrapped. The “BINGHAMPTON” was built in 1905 for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. She was one of several boats known as the “Scranton” or “Barclay Street” class and her usual assignment was on the Hoboken – Barclay Street run. She was included in the 1961 merger of the Lackawanna and Erie Railroads and served until 1967 when the service ended. She was acquired by a private owner and converted into a restaurant in Edgewater, New Jersey. The restaurant closed in 2007 and she has been slowly deteriorating at her pier. She may well be the last of the railroad-operated Hudson River ferryboats. Stats: BINGHAMPTON, Official No. 201734, 187 x 43 x 16, 1462 tons, Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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