Trenton Marine Terminal, Trenton, New Jersey. County/parish: Mercer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 17, 1980. NRIS 80002500.
2 contributing objects.Also known as:
The Hog Island Cranes, located in Trenton, New Jersey, are two of 28 locomotive steam gantry cranes built in 1917 by the McMyler-Interstate Company of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Hog Island, Philadelphia, shipyard. They helped produce warships during World War I, are representative of an important era of heavy lifting equipment, and played an important role in 20th-century waterfront technology. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1980, for their significance in commerce, engineering, industry, and transportation.
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