Elco Crane Motors
This crane was formerly located at the Elco (Electric Launch Company) at 8th Street and Avenue A in Bayonne, NJ. Elco manufactured boats since around 1892 up until the World War II period. It was used to move the PT (patrol torpedo) boats, including the PT 109, a submarine chasing boat used in the Pacific Theater during WW II that is associated with the military career of John F. Kennedy, the former president of the United States.
The crane was dissasembled to make room for the Boatworks housing development.
In 2006, the crane was reassembled in Rutkowski Park at the North West side of Bayonne’s Hudson County Park.
I used to help pump gas at the Elco Marina and actually got to see this crane in use a few times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT-109
www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/pt109.htm
www.bayonnenj.org/ptboats.htm
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