A very strange comment I got by email asked why I had sunk the red tugboat in yesterdays post.

Tugboat graveyard. Nor did I have anything to do with with sinking. Witte in the 1930s and at one point housed up to 400 boats. Witte the salvage business has accumulated freighters barges and ferries from the New York Harbor.

Creepiest Places upon Earth. Discover Tugboat Graveyard in Staten Island New York. Besides being the billboard for Bobs love for Lauren and a driving range and apparently once holding a very large quantity of natural gas the tanks are a major landmark that can be seen from most of Rossville.

This thread is archived. A mile or so south of Wittes yard is another graveyard aka tidal reef. Posted by 1 year ago.

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Today its official signature is a rather long one Donjon Iron and Metal Scrap Processing Facility but it is also known as the Arthur Kill Boat Yard the Witte Marine Scrap Yard or simply Tugboat Graveyard. Walk to the two giant abandoned oil refineries climb up the stairs and take in the amazing view.

Those weirdly pale green hills on the other side of the tugboat graveyard. Staten Island Tugboat Graveyard for more abandoned and creepy places visit our blogspot httpabandonedandcreepyplacesblogspo. Discover and save your own Pins on Pinterest.

Their final resting spot is known as the Tugboat Graveyard or the Witte Marine Scrap Yard a place that attracts history buffs and the curious alike. Staten Islands Tugboat Graveyard has long intriguedeven frightenedlocal residents including NYC-based photographer Chris Barreto who grew up just a few miles away. Hunter Tau February 2 2012.