Bayonne - Ship Docked at Constable Hook Oil Depot

dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-03T16:43:44Z
dc.date.available2025-03-03T16:43:44Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-14
dc.descriptionConstable Hook is a cape located on the north side of the outlet of Kill van Kull into Upper New York Bay in Bayonne. In 1864, after building a railroad bridge over Newark Bay, the Central Railroad of New Jersey laid railroad tracks through Bayonne into Constable Hook. After the American Civil War, they built the Port Johnston Coal Docks, at the time the largest coal port in the world. Many Irish immigrants took jobs with the railroad living in Constable Hook. So many Irish had moved there that the residents of Bayonne referred to the area as "Irishtown." In 1872, John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil bought 176 acres of land on Constable Hook, and by 1885 there was a pipeline connecting it to the field of Texas. Three years later, Prentice Oil Company was also established at Constable Hook. Other oil companies like Tidewater and Ocean Oil also built refineries on Constable Hook.
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dc.subjectConstable Hook Oil Depot in Bayonne
dc.subjectExxon
dc.subjectStandard Oil of New Jersey
dc.subjectKill Van Kull
dc.subjectBayonne
dc.subjectStaten Island
dc.subjectPort Newark
dc.subjectBayonne Bridge
dc.subjectHudson County
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectGateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleBayonne - Ship Docked at Constable Hook Oil Depot

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