Items

• West Shore Grain Elevator, Pier 7

  Undated 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" black and white glossy photograph of the West Shore Grain Elevator, which was located just north of Weehawken on Pier 7 in West New York.
• Photo - Weehawken Grain Elevator at Pier 7 after explosion caused by German saboteurs during WW I

  1915 photograph of the Weehawken Pier 7 grain elevator built by the New York Central Railroad. According to an article in the NY Times from September 11, 1901, this was the largest grain elevator in the world at that time, holding a whopping 4,000,000 bushels at a construction cost of $1,500,00. According to the Library of Congress, This photo was taken after an explosion on July 15, 1915. In connection with the explosion serveral men, including Robert Fay and William Sholy were arrested for suspected bomb plots by German saboteurs.An article in the New York Times the next day placed the elevator in West New York, but gives more details on the explosion.For more information on grain terminals in the NYC area, including the Weehawken one, check out this video on YouTube.
• Spoon from the ship S.S. Weehawken

  Small silver spoon engraved with the name "S.S. Weehawken"This does NOT seem to be from the Civil War monitor named after our fair township, which was the "USS Weehawken," as it was a naval vessel.This may be from a ship of that name of the Anglo-American Oil Company, built in 1891, which is mentioned in the June, 1907 issue of "The Steamship" as having been equipped with "Silley's Patent Airtight Smoke Box Door."
• Commemorative Cover - USS Weehawken YTB-776

  Commemorative envelope with a design honoring the US Navy sea going tug USS Weehawken (YTB-776), postmarked August 15, 1985 from Agana, Guam and sent to Quebec Canada.
• Pier K, Weehawken - 1946

  Scan of black and white photograph of Pier K, looking south towards lower Manhattan. Pier K was part of the NY Central Railway system. The image was taken from the top of the Palisades.
• Pier 7 Grain Elevator

  Three black and white photographs of the Pier 7 grain elevator, which was located near the border of Weehawken and West New York. The photos were taken by Charles Schneider, from Boulevard East
• Pier K, Union Dry Dock and Ferry Terminal

  Black and white photograph looking north east towards Pier K, Union Dry Dock and Ferry Terminal. Image taken by Charles Schneider.
• USS Weehawken: Intrepid Civil War Monitor

  This undated paper by William Ray Heitzman of Villanova University was distributed by the Weehawken Historical Society. It describes the exploits of the Union monitor Weehawken. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• United Fruit Company Ad for Centennial

  Advertisement from the Weehawken Centennial Souvenir Journal. United Fruit Company congratulates Weehawken on its 100th anniversary. The banana building and pier, with its low, flat profile remained a landmark on the Weehawken waterfront for more than 50 years, from 1952 until it was demolished in 2005. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Pier K from Hamilton Avenue

  Black and white photograph of Pier K and its distinctive water tower, taken from Hamilton Avenue, The pier, part of the NYCRR system was located between the banana pier and Union Dry Dock, servicing trains, trucks, barges, ships. It burned in a fire in 1972.
• Waterfront Grain Elevator from Hamilton Park

  Black and white undated photo looking north across the waterfront, railroads and ferry terminal towards the Pier 7 Grain Elevator in West New York. The elevator, built in 1905 for the West Shore line of the NYCRR, had a capacity of 2 million bushels and stood 160 feet high. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission
• The Banana Pier and Boat United Fruit

  From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Weehawken Waterfront - Pier K

  Seen from Hamilton Plaza in the 1950s, New York Central Railroad's Pier K with its distinctive water tower was a longtime fixture on the waterfront. Situated between the banana pier and Union Dry Dock, it served trains, trucks, barges and ships. The pier burned down on June 10, 1972. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Photograph - Ship being scrapped at Weehawken

  This photograph shows either the Bremen or the Main being scrapped on the Weehawken flats after it burned in the great Hoboken fire of June 30, 1900. This image is courtesy of Billy Rapacki, a Weehawken resident who spotted it at a yard sale.
• Historic American Engineering Record - West Shore RR Pier 7 Grain Elevator

  This document and the accompanying photos were prepared by the National Park Service in 1983 and 1984 to document the status of the remains of the huge grain elevator on the waterfront north of Pershing Road in West New York.
• Weehawken Grain Elevator

  Black and white photo of the Pier 7 West Shore Elevator. This 160 foot tall, tin roofed grain elevator stood near the border between Weehawken and West New York and was operated by the New York Central Railroad. Thanks to Willie Demontreux for this image.
• Photo of Erie Railroad Weehawken Terminal - 1956

  Tom Flagg, who provided this image and associated information writes: This is a photo of the Erie Railroad's Weehawken waterfront terminal, facing east, dated 10-19-1956. It is from the Port of New York Authority's Public Relations files (as the stamp in the sky reveals). The piled boxes are crated export machinery awaiting the call to be transferred to barges, which will then deliver them to ships anywhere in the Port.
• View of the Banana Pier and Skyline - 1965

  Black and white photo of the Banana building and the NY skyline IN 1965. From the collection of Leo Her via Thomas Cheplic.
• Photo: Ship Graveyard at Weehawken

  The caption of this black and white photo reads: Weehawken has ship graveyard! Along a goodly stretch of the West bank of the Hudson River, just north of Weehawken, New Jersey is to be found a typical graveyard - the last resting place for forgotten ships. Here vessels that done good service in their day have fought their way through wind and weather, have found a last resting place. A general view of the abandoned ships. Date - 1920s or 1930s.
• Divine Service on the Deck of the Monitor Weehawken...

  Two black and white photographs of the Monitor "Weehawken", the Sunday before she was sunk in Charleston, South Carolina. The crew of the ship stands on the deck of this Civil War ironclad. The ship sank on December 6, 1863. Photograph taken by Sam A. Cooly, 10th Army Corps - Beaufort, SC.
• The Ericsson Devil and the Weehawken

  This engraving (first published in an 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly) shows the USS Weehawken, a Civil War armored ship, fitted with a new fangled device for the clearing of mines from the harbor of Charleston, SC.
• Weehawken Terminal - 1940s

  Black and White photo of the Weehawken rail yards and the New York skyline, probably taken in the 1940s. Another find by Bernie Zempolich.
• Telegram to President A Lincoln re Monitor Weehawken

  This telegram from Major General John Dix to President Abraham Lincoln regarding movements of Union Ironclad ships, including the USS Weehawken. Found by Bernie Zempolich.
• Journal of the Senate of the United States - Dec 17, 1863 - The Weehawken Sinks

  A resolution of the US Senate directing that it receives copies of all of the papers and reports regarding the sinking of the Union Monitor Weehawken. 
• Model Kit - USS Weehawken

  For just $274.95, you can buy a kit to build a model of the Civil War monitor USS Weehawken. Another link from Bernie Zempolich, the official WTM scourer of the web for all things Weehawken.