| Photos of Gantry Plaza State Park | |||
| The Gantries in Front of the Avalon Riverview Building | |||
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The two sets of gantries (one pictured) were once used to hoist cargo from ships to waiting railroad cars. The Queens waterfront was a major part of the port of New York.
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