East River Park Anchor
Address:
East River Park
FRD Drive at Grand Street
Manhattan
Category: Monuments
Cast: mid-1800s
Erected: 1970
Description: The old anchor, believed to be donated by the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company, commemorates the shipbuilding industry that once thrived on Corlear's Hook. William T. Brown's Yard, at the foot of E 12th Street, built the schooner yacht America, designed by George Steers for the New York Yacht Club. The Crocker & Fickett yard built the full-rigged steamship Savannah in 1812, which was the first to cross the Atlantic in 1819 and sank off Fire Island. As many as 30 yards lined the riverfront by the mid-1800s, including the Thomas & Steers yard, Webb & Allen yard, and the Bishop & Simonson shipyard.
