The Tideshift Project: Session 3 | Free Virtual Program
The Waterfront Museum presents the final session of The Tideshift Project, featuring stories of waterfront workers from the pre-containerization era and people working in today’s final mile shipping industry. Tideshift is a three-part series of oral history collecting events presented live, virtually, and in person aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 79 wooden lighterage barge moored at 290 Conover St in Red Hook, Brooklyn. In this series of events, The Waterfront Museum will record stories from waterfront workers who have handled freight in and near Red Hook and from their descendants.
The Tideshift Project was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Three cheers for the John Jay Harvey Fireboat! Hip hip hooray hip hip hooray hip hip hooray!
Carnival Cruise Lines Magic sails past the Statue of Liberty. Great memories of working for them on their first Ship - the Mardi Gras.
Ahoy Apollonia Sail Freight! Great work. Looking mighty fine.
A momma mallard and her eight ducklings came today.
Barge Family Reunion Celebration: The Tideshift Project, Session 2
The Waterfront Museum presents the Barge Family Reunion Celebration, stories and images from people who have lived and worked aboard barges and their families. This is the second part of The Tideshift Project, a three-part series of oral history collecting events presented live, virtually, and in person aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 79 wooden lighterage barge moored at 290 Conover St in Red Hook, Brooklyn. In this series of events, The Waterfront Museum will record stories from waterfront workers who have handled freight in and near Red Hook and from their descendants. The Tideshift Project was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Lots of squawking tonight.
Tideshift Project: Session 1
The Waterfront Museum presents The Tideshift Project, an oral history collecting event presented live aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 79 wooden lighterage barge moored in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This three-part series will record stories from waterfront workers who have handled freight in and near Red Hook, and from their descendants. This first event featured interviews with waterfront workers who lived and worked through the transition to containerization, including James McNamara, Robert Hansen, and Gregory "Buddy" Cox in conversation with Stefan D-W.
Stay tuned for the subsequent sessions, scheduled for May and July 2022, which will feature stories of mariners and their families who lived and worked on barges, and of waterfront workers from the pre-containerization era to the people working in today’s final-mile shipping industry on Red Hook’s waterfront.
Tideshift
The Waterfront Museum presents The Tideshift Project, an oral history collecting event presented live aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 79 wooden lighterage barge moored in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This three-part series will record stories from waterfront workers who have handled freight in and near Red Hook, and from their descendants. This first event will feature people with experience as deckhands, errand boys, cargo inspectors and more, discussing their lives and work on the waterfront in conversation with Stefan D-W, and with the maritime artifacts of the Waterfront Museum. The subsequent sessions, scheduled for May and July 2022, will feature stories of mariners and their families who lived and worked on barges, and of waterfront workers from the pre-containerization era to the people working in today’s final-mile shipping industry on Red Hook’s waterfront
A heron, I believe, has stopped by.
A beautiful sunset with a cool South breeze.
Momma and her seven ducklings.
Macy’s July 4th fireworks barge heading to the East River for tonight’s show.
