And, if you like what you see here, please check out all I have to offer in the ScottMartinArt shop. Witte had a slight fixation that such boats were not to be taken apart. Witte in the 1930s and at one point housed up to 400 boats. The scrapyard was originally founded by John J.
If you have any questions about this piece, please contact me directly. Their final resting spot is known as the Tugboat Graveyard or the Witte Marine Scrap Yard, a place that attracts history buffs and the curious alike.
Looking down, directly above aerial photo made by the drone.
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Because this print is an exact size reproduction from the original, the mats are cut to sizes that most likely will NOT fit off-the-shelf frames and professional framing is recommended.Įach print is shipped between flat corrugated cardboard larger than the matted print to protect the corners and edges. Boat Graveyard in Staten Island, New York City, USA. Also known as the Tugboat Graveyard, Staten Island Boat Graveyard is a scrapyard started by John J.
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The largest size is reproduced at the exact dimensions of the original, medium size at 75% reduction and smallest is a 50% reduction.Įach print is matted with a 3-inch (bottom weighted to 3.5”) off-white acid free mat. This print is part of an open edition run that was professionally scanned from my original work and then printed on professional high-end printers on archival paper. While painting it, I doubted that any remained that walked her deck, but this ship, and each of them who boarded it, deserved it’s story to be told. The Arthur Kill, a tidal strait between New York’s Staten Island and New Jersey, is home to a marine scrapyard with over a hundred sunken or partially submerged ships. This marine scrapyard has been an official dumping ground for water vessels since the 1930s. Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about what’s great and not so great in New York and beyond. I chose to brighten this old ship and let it rest in front of a calm background to illustrate its beauty and purpose, whatever it exactly happened to be. An accidental museum of US maritime history succumbs to the forces of nature. Staten Island Boat Graveyard in New York, reviews by real people. staten island aerial stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images Airview looking northwest shows the Staten Island ferry terminal at lower right, Battery Park at lower left and Battery Park City above left. aerial panoramic photo made by the drone. From the angle and calm skies cast behind this vessel, very few would truly know the full, and long stories that brough it to its final resting place left to slowly decay. boat graveyard at the shore of staten island, new york city, usa. On the South Shore of Staten Island, where Tappen’s Creek flows into the Arthur Kill, a remote wilderness has taken root on forgotten land. The Rossville Boatyard in Staten Island, New York is a veritable graveyard of decommissioned, scrapped, and abandoned ships of various sizes, ages. However, in truth, this is one of the long-forgotten vessels laid to rest within the Staten Island Boat Graveyard. Many tourists, it seems, arent deterred by how long it takes to get to the graveyard.
At first glance, this boat just appears to be moored in harbor awaiting its next journey. In May, the city advertised the graveyard to British tourists as a kind of 'spooky' getaway, and on Monday, Instagram gathered the best photos of the graveyard on its platform. If photos of industrial decay excite you, you might be interested to know that photographer Nathan Kensinger will be sharing his photos and stories of this site and others the evening of Tuesday, May 18th at Staten Island’s Cargo Cafe, as part of our Freshkills Park Talks series.įor more information and background, visit the official New York City homepage for Freshkills Park.This piece is a bit of a haunting message of what is and what once was. This is just one more site that really validates the whole ‘Forgotten Borough’ moniker, in the most compelling way. Subscribe to Envato Elements for unlimited.
The Times provided some history on the yard back in 1990, and we’ve included it as an attraction in our Staten Island day-trips for folks visiting the Island to join one of our Freshkills Park tours. Drone flying over Staten island boat graveyard with remains of old and rusty ships and vessel. It’s a pretty spectacular and much photographed sight to see these rusted heaps-mostly tugboats and cargo ships-half sunken in the Arthur Kill, and the various plant and marine life that has made its home there. Gothamist discovers the Witte Marine Salvage Yard, one of the largest marine scrapyards on the East Coast, along the shore of the Arthur Kill just south of the Freshkills Park site’s West Mound.
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