Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79 | |
 Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79, June 2008 | |
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| Location | 290 Conover St.,Brooklyn, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′31″N74°01′11″W / 40.67528°N 74.01972°W /40.67528; -74.01972 |
| Area | Less than 1.03 acres (0.42 ha) |
| Built | 1914 (1914) |
| Built by | Lehigh Valley Railroad |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000309[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 2015 |
Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79 is a historicbarge located at TheWaterfront Museum in theRed Hook neighborhood ofBrooklyn,Kings County, New York. The barge was built in 1914 inPerth Amboy, New Jersey, as part of the lighter fleet operated by theLehigh Valley Railroad to move cargoes aroundNew York Harbor and along the lower Hudson River. It has a length on deck of 86 feet, beam of 30 feet, and draft of 2 feet, 9 inches.[2]
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1] Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge 79 was previously listed on the National Register in 1989 at a berth in New Jersey.
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