Until about 80 years ago there were between 22 and 30 college barges moored along the Christ Church Meadow bank of the Thames ...

The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.

The city’s notorious jail barge was cut from its shores last week and sent south to be turned into scrap metal, putting an ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco officials are preparing for a major undertaking that will happen in the overnight hours Wednesday into Thursday: towing and pushing the city's new fire station ...

The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even ...

Salvors are using the crane barge Chesapeake 1000 to move a large piece of supporting steel from the collapsed Key Bridge.The Chesapeake 1000 is the largest floating crane on the Eastern ...

PITTSBURGH >> Over two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Steam rising from his body, Justin Meinhold stepped off a 36-foot barge moored in a harbor slip and moved to a floating platform, its center jaw opened to the frigid water below. The ...

For three decades, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was moored to the banks of Hunts Point, serving as an overflow facility for Rikers Island.