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Google Maps Satellite 3D (takes a while to load) - www.google.com/maps/@53.3356846,-6.2289797,250a,35y,310.8... A remarkable lack of trees. And consequently, no dogs.

That is indeed Shelbourne Park per the 6" map.

The Grand Canal Docks, crossed by the rail line to Bray and beyond. Westland Row sidings to the left and the 1840 D&SE Railway Works beyond.

Busarus was finished 1953, just 2 years before this.

I see Nelson's pillar top left, which lasted another 11 years.

The absurdity of the caption is frightening. You don't MAKE natural gas. These tanks held manufactured gas. The gas was a by-product of the coke manufacturing process. Natural gas was quite rare in New England in 1941. What few pipelines that existed carried oil and not much of it.

According to the writing, this appears to be set in May's Landing, NJ.

"May's Landing" may refer to either the destination of the ferry that stops at the labeled pier or to the proprietor of the pier. The actual location appears to be in or around New York City based on the sign "?th Street Ferry" with the names of various stations in the New York City area. Anybody know which ferry this is?

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage New Jersey, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The "Dept. of Docks & Ferries" label on the dock definitely places it in NYC. The gas tank in the background would have been part of a manufacturd gas plant facility. The caption refers to warships. but the date is six years before America's entry into WWI. The only places warships would have been "watched" in 1911 would most likely have been the East River around the Navy yard, or on the Hudson, near Hoboken. There aren't really any streets terminating at the river around the Navy yard that would have ended in "...th". However, 14th Street on the west side of Manhattan was a very busy embarkation point for ferries to New Jersey. Also, according to Con Ed records, there was a major gas plant between 16th and 20th Streets along the Hudson. And that bridge behind the buildings looks to be about where the old High Line elevated railway once stood. So maybe this is the 14th Street Ferry?