New York is slowly cleaning up its waterfront and this recently
opened area of the Hudson River Greenway is a great example of how
they are preserving some of the old while adding new amenities.
Many, many years ago, back when there was still lots of
manufacturing going on on the West side of Manhattan, manufacturers
would receive their raw materials by trains that came across the
Hudson on special barges. The train cars would roll on to the
barges in, say, New Jersey, and then roll off the barges at any one
of several different spots in Manhattan.
This spot was one of them. The floating pier has been restored
with the tracks intact. If you follow the tracks into the river you
will find your self boarding a barge. Alongside the barge is the
Frying Pan, a light ship that has a long history of its own. If you
are there at the right time you might even be able to board and
take a tour of the Frying Pan. Also alongside the barge is the John
Harvey, a retired fireboat. More information on both can be found
here: (visit link) and here: (visit
link)
The cache is a soda bottle "blank.," what a soda bottle is
before it grows up into a real bottle. It holds a rolled up log
scroll, a small pencil and rainbow Z sock for the FTF.
May need tweezers to remove log.
