Chelsea Piers
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Chelsea Piers is a series of piers in Chelsea, on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located to the west of the West Side Highway and Hudson River Park and to the east of the Hudson River, t
Chelsea Piers as seen from the air. Starting from the right are Pier 59 (driving range partially visible), progressing to the enclosed structures of Pier 60 and Pier 61, ending at the left with Pier 62 (skate park partially visible).
Chelsea Piers from the West Side Highway
Golf club entrance
RMS Carpathia at Pier 54 after the RMS Titanic rescue
RMS Carpathia
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RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by C. S. Swan & Hunter in their shipyard in Wallsend, England.
Chelsea Piers
…east of the Hudson River, they were originally a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by RMS Lusitania and was the destination of RMS Carpathia after rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic. The piers replaced a variety of run-down waterfront structures with a row of grand buildings embellished…
RMS Carpathia under way
Carpathia being drydocked in Red Hook, New York
Captain Arthur Rostron. Under his command, Carpathia responded to Titanic's distress call and rescued survivors.
A medal awarded to a Carpathia crew member for the rescue of Titanic survivors