From the “Armpit of Hudson County” to the “Gold Coast”: Hoboken, New Jersey

Abstract

On the Hudson River waterfront in Hoboken, New Jersey, there is a simple memorial that features a bronze propeller. The plaque beneath it reads,

We, the surviving workers of the Hoboken “working waterfront” dedicate this shipyard to the tens of thousands of shipyard workers, longshoremen, dock builders, teamsters, tug, barge and ferry boat crews, deep water sailors, railroad crews and the support men and women who made the Hoboken ‘working waterfront’ and our City of Hoboken.